News & Press Archive
May 30, 2012
PRESS RELEASE: EPG and Southampton University lecturer to work together on social innovation ecologies.
Economic Policy Group (EPG), the economic and strategy consulting firm, today announced it is starting a collaboration on social innovation with Dr Pathik Pathak from the University of Southampton. The collaboration will be academic research into social innovation through research-based social enterprise, focussed on developing new methodologies in social impact measurement for the UK and Asian markets.
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May 30, 2012
Frugal and Discontinuous – the Asian Innovation Experience
Frugal innovation’ is a term used in India and other developing economies to describe innovation that minimises costs by creating frugal solutions to deliver improved or previously non-existent public services.
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May 29, 2012
PRESS RELEASE: EPG Economic and Strategy Consulting launches new website.
Economic Policy Group (EPG), the economic and strategy consulting firm, today launched its new website. Kimberley Liao, an Associate of EPG, led on the development of the website. She commented: “Considerable thought has gone into the design of our web presence to give a consistent unified brand message, such that our clients and prospective clients can access our service offerings, thought leadership, and training course updates in one place.”
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May 27, 2012
ARTICLE: Financial deregulation in Asia: The Renminbi goes West
London is set to become a centre for the international renminbi (RMB) business. George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, set out his vision in April this year for London to develop as a “western hub” for the international RMB market, to complement the natural hub of Hong Kong and other financial centres. This offers huge potential for London, investors and China.
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May 18, 2012
EPG Spotlight – Policy in Focus: Challenges and misconceptions with SROI.
There is increasing pressure for providers of public services to evidence the social impact they are having. The application of SROI is a relatively young discipline, often not well understood by the third sector. There is considerable variability in how SROI is applied, which makes no two SROI ratios necessarily comparable. This article looks at some of the technical challenges and misconceptions in working with SROI, based on our experience of measuring social investment returns.
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May 16, 2012
EPG Spotlight – Policy in Focus: Discounting in public policy: Deconstruction of the Social Rate of Time Preference.
In public policy investments, costs are often incurred in the short-term, with benefits accruing in the longer term. Whether a project is worth doing, or government action is justified, depends on the balance of these costs and benefits, in present value terms. This article deconstructs the constituent components of the discount rate used in these calculations, using the economics of climate change as a case study.
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May 14, 2012
EPG Spotlight – Litigation and arbitration in Focus: Interest calculations in arbitration judgements.
The consideration of interest in damages awards may form a significant amount of the overall award. It typically occurs towards the end of the process of preparing pleadings. This article reviews the rationale for paying interest and briefly outlines the different approaches to calculating it.
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May 14, 2012
EPG Spotlight – Policy in Focus: Regulatory challenges in developing shale gas.
Supporting the naissance of the US shale gas industry is the regulatory environment for exploration and production, which is more developed than in the UK. This article looks at the differences between the regulatory regimes and identifies opportunities for development for the British regime.
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May 2, 2012
"Social Return on Investment: Sewa Day adds £400K to UK claim economists."
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May 2, 2012
EPG report: ‘Value of Sewa Day: An economic analysis of the social value generated by Sewa Day on 25 September 2011.’
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