Economic and international development | PA Consulting

Through enhanced trade relationships, better employment opportunities, and more sustainable energy solutions, we improve the quality of life and economic resilience of all who live and work in our connected communities.

Working together

Leveraging expertise from multiple sectors and geographies, we deliver long-term transformation and strengthen global ecosystems. Through strategic development solutions, innovation, and digitalisation, we help clients accomplish their goals both domestically and worldwide.

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Innovation

Benefit from streamlined innovation, helping the UK to become a scientific superpower while realising the advantages of innovative solutions across public services and the wider economy.

Digital capability

Unlock the power of digital, data, and AI to deliver transformational and societally beneficial solutions.

Operating model

Embed sustainable innovative, collaborative, and adaptive business models based on tried-and-tested methodologies, frameworks, and deep industry experience.

Programme delivery

Transform the lives of people and communities by designing and delivering impact-focused participatory programmes.

Monitoring, evaluation, and learning

Apply innovative techniques to monitor and evaluate the impact and value of economic development policy and programmes, harnessing insight, knowledge, and learning to continually improve delivery and optimise impact.

Featured insight

Harbour full of containers

Three ways to position the UK as an innovative trade partner

We’ve identified three ways for public sector leaders to make sure they’re getting the most out of innovation.

Harbour full of containers

Open farm gate leading into agricultural landscape with grain crop ripening in summer

Successful project initiation in Defra: Prepare, protect, and promote

PA’s Project Initiation Lessons Learned Report, co-produced with Defra and IPA, drives best practice by providing tried-and-tested methodologies, principles, and tools.

Open farm gate leading into agricultural landscape with grain crop ripening in summer

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Whitehall changes need to be more than just a distraction

PA Consulting's Shaun Delaney, global head of public services, shares his thoughts on the new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

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The Breakthrough Brigade

The Breakthrough Brigade

Investing in breakthrough innovation is critical for organisations who want to futureproof their growth. Our research, ‘The Breakthrough Brigade’, gives you the tools to grow at scale.

The Breakthrough Brigade

Innovation culture: There’s no stopping you

Challenging mindsets to accelerate innovation within the energy networks sector and other regulated industries.

Re-thinking regulators

Rethinking regulators

Our exclusive research reveals three things regulators should be doing to better protect citizens and businesses and to encourage economic growth.

Re-thinking regulators

Beyond Whitehall: focus on people to make civil service relocation a success

Following efforts in recent decades to relocate civil servants out of London, only 20% now remain based there. We discuss four key areas which we think require further consideration.

Client stories

COVID-19 rapid diagnostic test packaging

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Eliminating plastic waste on a global scale

COVID-19 rapid diagnostic test packaging

Defra

Monitoring and evaluating the impact of England’s most ambitious tree planting programme

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Bringing prosperity to deprived communities through the UK Freeports programme

Ranger monitoring the woodland ecosystem

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Creating the capability to combat climate change

Ranger monitoring the woodland ecosystem

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