Publications

CIG develops high quality and relevant knowledge products for policymakers and government leaders. Our research and knowledge products are practitioner-focused, and designed to support them in policymaking and implementation.

These products, which range from short articles and stories to practitioner interviews and case studies support knowledge sharing across practitioners globally, and are used as teaching resources for the Chandler Academy of Governance.

Chandler Good Government Index 2025
Executive Summary
Chandler Good Government Index 2025
The Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) is the world’s most comprehensive index of effective national government.
2025
Report
Chandler Good Government Index 2025
Executive Summary
Chandler Good Government Index 2025
The Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) is the world’s most comprehensive index of effective national government.
2025
Report
Governance Matters 2024
Magazine
Governance Matters 2024
Governance Matters is a practitioner-focused annual magazine that features positive stories and public-sector tradecraft from government leaders and experts globally.
2024
Report
Governance Matters 2024
Magazine
Governance Matters 2024
Governance Matters is a practitioner-focused annual magazine that features positive stories and public-sector tradecraft from government leaders and experts globally.
2024
Report
Impact Hub Case Study: The Carter Center
Practice Guides
Impact Hub Case Study: The Carter Center
This case study details an effort to combat a painful, debilitating ailment that affects people in some of the world’s most isolated and lowest income areas by focusing on grassroots community engagement, building trust and enacting behavioural change.
2024
Report
Impact Hub Case Study: The Carter Center
Practice Guides
Impact Hub Case Study: The Carter Center
This case study details an effort to combat a painful, debilitating ailment that affects people in some of the world’s most isolated and lowest income areas by focusing on grassroots community engagement, building trust and enacting behavioural change.
2024
Report
Chandler Good Government Index 2024
Executive Summary
Chandler Good Government Index 2024
The Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) is the world’s most comprehensive index of effective national government.
2024
Report
Chandler Good Government Index 2024
Executive Summary
Chandler Good Government Index 2024
The Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) is the world’s most comprehensive index of effective national government.
2024
Report
Impact Hub Case Study: APOPO
Practice Guides
Impact Hub Case Study: APOPO
This case study examines the innovative approach of APOPO, a Belgium-based non-profit. With a lean and nimble team, they deploy trained scent-detection rats to locate landmines in post-conflict zones and diagnose tuberculosis cases in some of the world’s poorest areas.
2024
Report
Impact Hub Case Study: APOPO
Practice Guides
Impact Hub Case Study: APOPO
This case study examines the innovative approach of APOPO, a Belgium-based non-profit. With a lean and nimble team, they deploy trained scent-detection rats to locate landmines in post-conflict zones and diagnose tuberculosis cases in some of the world’s poorest areas.
2024
Report
Impact Hub Case Study: Singapore Alliances for Action
Practice Guides
Impact Hub Case Study: Singapore Alliances for Action
This case study showcases the collaborative efforts of government institutions, the private sector, academia, and civil society in Singapore. Together, they co-create solutions addressing a wide range of issues, from supporting lower-wage workers to combating online harms.
2024
Report
Impact Hub Case Study: Singapore Alliances for Action
Practice Guides
Impact Hub Case Study: Singapore Alliances for Action
This case study showcases the collaborative efforts of government institutions, the private sector, academia, and civil society in Singapore. Together, they co-create solutions addressing a wide range of issues, from supporting lower-wage workers to combating online harms.
2024
Report
Impact Hub Field Guide
Practice Guides
Impact Hub Field Guide
A comprehensive blueprint for establishing and operating a dynamic engagement platform dedicated to co-creation and impactful outcomes.
2024
Guide
Impact Hub Field Guide
Practice Guides
Impact Hub Field Guide
A comprehensive blueprint for establishing and operating a dynamic engagement platform dedicated to co-creation and impactful outcomes.
2024
Guide
Governance Matters 2023
Magazine
Governance Matters 2023
Governance Matters is a practitioner-focused annual magazine that features positive stories and public-sector tradecraft from government leaders and experts globally.
2023
Report
Governance Matters 2023
Magazine
Governance Matters 2023
Governance Matters is a practitioner-focused annual magazine that features positive stories and public-sector tradecraft from government leaders and experts globally.
2023
Report
Chandler Good Government Index 2023
Executive Summary
Chandler Good Government Index 2023
The Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) is the world’s most comprehensive index of effective national government.
2023
Report
Chandler Good Government Index 2023
Executive Summary
Chandler Good Government Index 2023
The Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) is the world’s most comprehensive index of effective national government.
2023
Report
Governance Matters 2022
Magazine
Governance Matters 2022
Governance Matters is a practitioner-focused annual magazine that features positive stories and public-sector tradecraft from government leaders and experts globally.
2022
Report
Governance Matters 2022
Magazine
Governance Matters 2022
Governance Matters is a practitioner-focused annual magazine that features positive stories and public-sector tradecraft from government leaders and experts globally.
2022
Report
Global Survey on Public Sector Training 2022
Survey
Global Survey on Public Sector Training 2022
The Global Survey on Public Sector Training surveyed the Heads of national government training institutes, to share their important perspectives on curriculum, pedagogy and the future of how to train public sector leaders.
2022
Report
Global Survey on Public Sector Training 2022
Survey
Global Survey on Public Sector Training 2022
The Global Survey on Public Sector Training surveyed the Heads of national government training institutes, to share their important perspectives on curriculum, pedagogy and the future of how to train public sector leaders.
2022
Report
Chandler Good Government Index 2022
Executive Summary
Chandler Good Government Index 2022
The Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) is the world’s most comprehensive index of effective national government.
2022
Report
Chandler Good Government Index 2022
Executive Summary
Chandler Good Government Index 2022
The Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) is the world’s most comprehensive index of effective national government.
2022
Report
Governance Matters 2021
Magazine
Governance Matters 2021
Governance Matters is a practitioner-focused annual magazine that features positive stories and public-sector tradecraft from government leaders and experts globally.
2021
Report
Governance Matters 2021
Magazine
Governance Matters 2021
Governance Matters is a practitioner-focused annual magazine that features positive stories and public-sector tradecraft from government leaders and experts globally.
2021
Report
Chandler Good Government Index 2021
Executive Summary
Chandler Good Government Index 2021
The Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) is the world’s most comprehensive index of effective national government.
2021
Report
Chandler Good Government Index 2021
Executive Summary
Chandler Good Government Index 2021
The Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) is the world’s most comprehensive index of effective national government.
2021
Report
Justinian and Theodora
Greats in Governance
Justinian and Theodora
Clear and fair laws are the foundation of a safe and prosperous society.
2020
Story
Justinian and Theodora
Greats in Governance
Justinian and Theodora
Clear and fair laws are the foundation of a safe and prosperous society.
2020
Story
Maria Theresa
Greats in Governance
Maria Theresa
Over her forty-year reign (1740–1780), the Austrian queen Maria Theresa delivered a masterclass in governance.
2021
Story
Maria Theresa
Greats in Governance
Maria Theresa
Over her forty-year reign (1740–1780), the Austrian queen Maria Theresa delivered a masterclass in governance.
2021
Story
Tang Taizong
Greats in Governance
Tang Taizong
Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty (r.627–649 A.D.) is considered Imperial China’s greatest statesman.
2020
Story
Tang Taizong
Greats in Governance
Tang Taizong
Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty (r.627–649 A.D.) is considered Imperial China’s greatest statesman.
2020
Story
Akbar the Great
Greats in Governance
Akbar the Great
Over the course of his 50-year reign, the sixteenth century Mughal emperor, Akbar, built a vast multicultural empire, marked by edicts that promoted inclusivity, unity and accountability.
2019
Story
Akbar the Great
Greats in Governance
Akbar the Great
Over the course of his 50-year reign, the sixteenth century Mughal emperor, Akbar, built a vast multicultural empire, marked by edicts that promoted inclusivity, unity and accountability.
2019
Story
Managing Technical Experts in the Public Sector
Practice Guides
Managing Technical Experts in the Public Sector
Technical experts are vital workers in the public sector, but hiring and retaining specialists can be problematic
2020
Guide
Managing Technical Experts in the Public Sector
Practice Guides
Managing Technical Experts in the Public Sector
Technical experts are vital workers in the public sector, but hiring and retaining specialists can be problematic
2020
Guide
Leadership Development Programmes for the Public Sector
Practice Guides
Leadership Development Programmes for the Public Sector
Learn how well-designed and implemented Leadership Development Programmes can make all the difference in supporting public sector leaders.
2020
Guide
Leadership Development Programmes for the Public Sector
Practice Guides
Leadership Development Programmes for the Public Sector
Learn how well-designed and implemented Leadership Development Programmes can make all the difference in supporting public sector leaders.
2020
Guide
Placing Design at the Centre of Public Service Delivery
Practice Guides
Placing Design at the Centre of Public Service Delivery
How a “design” approach in public policymaking helps public servants discover how to connect citizens to services.
2021
Guide
Placing Design at the Centre of Public Service Delivery
Practice Guides
Placing Design at the Centre of Public Service Delivery
How a “design” approach in public policymaking helps public servants discover how to connect citizens to services.
2021
Guide
Technology, Culture and Trust
Practice Guides
Technology, Culture and Trust
Good governments must build trust with citizens, to be able to explain why some demands cannot be met, or why a policy didn’t work.
2021
Report
Technology, Culture and Trust
Practice Guides
Technology, Culture and Trust
Good governments must build trust with citizens, to be able to explain why some demands cannot be met, or why a policy didn’t work.
2021
Report
The Tradecraft of Capability Development
Practice Guides
The Tradecraft of Capability Development
Principles and frameworks that we can learn and adapt from the experiences of successful governments around the world.
2021
Report
The Tradecraft of Capability Development
Practice Guides
The Tradecraft of Capability Development
Principles and frameworks that we can learn and adapt from the experiences of successful governments around the world.
2021
Report
Building a Culture of Integrity
Practice Guides
Building a Culture of Integrity
Leadership and culture change, corruption in the age of COVID-19.
2021
Report
Building a Culture of Integrity
Practice Guides
Building a Culture of Integrity
Leadership and culture change, corruption in the age of COVID-19.
2021
Report
Three Trends in Governance Everyone is Talking About (and one you may have missed)
Article
Three Trends in Governance Everyone is Talking About (and one you may have missed)
As we round up the year and head into 2020, join us as we take stock of some key trends in governance that dominated the headlines.
2019
Report
Three Trends in Governance Everyone is Talking About (and one you may have missed)
Article
Three Trends in Governance Everyone is Talking About (and one you may have missed)
As we round up the year and head into 2020, join us as we take stock of some key trends in governance that dominated the headlines.
2019
Report