New Zealand Business Roundtable

New Zealand Business Roundtable

The New Zealand Business Roundtable (NZBR), a market-oriented thinktank, operates from Wellington, New Zealand. Businessman Robert McLeod chairs the organisation, with Bill Gallagher MBE, Nick Calavrias and Bill Day as Vice-Chairs. Members, who pay a five-figure subscription fee, represent most of the large business interests in the country. The subscription fee funds the New Zealand Business Roundtable's activities.

The New Zealand Business Roundtable has the aim of contributing to the development of policies that it believes reflect New Zealand's overall national interests. To this end, the organisation produces a wide range of publications (books, reports, submissions) and undertakes other activities that inform/influence public debate on key policy issues. Over the years the organisation has brought many prominent speakers to New Zealand, including Bjørn Lomborg, Francis Fukuyama, Martin Wolf of the Financial Times and Yegor Gaidar.

The NZBR strongly supported the controversial market-oriented reforms undertaken in New Zealand during the 1980s and 1990s. These reforms were intended to play a role in lifting New Zealand's economic growth-rate. The country as of the early 21st century boasts one of the lowest unemployment rates in the OECD. However, the benefits of such reforms remain a point of contention among economic commentators and members of the public. Also, other business organisations, such as the Business Council for Sustainable Development and The New Zealand Institute, claim to present alternative views in public debate.

The NZBR's market-based policy advocacy continues to reflect what it sees as world best practice and often appear aligned with those advocated by international organisations such as the OECD and the International Monetary Fund. Its policies also track overseas trends toward greater use of the private sector and reduced regulation of business and enterprise.

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • New Zealand free trade agreements —   New Zealand …   Wikipedia

  • New Zealand dollar — Tāra o Aotearoa (Māori) ISO 4217 code NZD User(s)  New Zealand …   Wikipedia

  • New Zealand pound — ISO 4217 code NZP User(s) New Zealand, Cook Islands, Niue, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau Subunit 1/20 shilling …   Wikipedia

  • New Zealand head tax — New Zealand imposed a poll tax on Chinese immigrants during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The poll tax was effectively lifted in the 1930s following the invasion of China by Japan, and was finally repealed in 1944. Prime Minister Helen Clark …   Wikipedia

  • New Zealand Trade and Enterprise — Agency overview Formed 1 July 2003 Jurisdiction New Zealand Parent agency …   Wikipedia

  • New Zealand wool boom — The New Zealand Wool Boom of 1951 was one of the greatest economic booms in the history of New Zealand, and the direct result of US policy in the 1950–53 Korean War. In 1950, as a result of the Korean War, the United States sought to buy large… …   Wikipedia

  • New Zealand–China Free Trade Agreement — The New Zealand – China Free Trade Agreement is a bilateral free trade agreement signed between the People s Republic of China and New Zealand in April 2008. It is the first free trade agreement that China has signed with any developed country,… …   Wikipedia

  • New Zealand 20 cent coin — Twenty cents New Zealand Value 0.20 New Zealand dollars Mass  4.00 g Diameter  21.75 mm Thickness  1.56 mm …   Wikipedia

  • New Zealand Ten dollar Note — Ten Dollars (New Zealand) Value: 10 New Zealand Dollar …   Wikipedia

  • New Zealand twenty dollar note — Twenty Dollars (New Zealand) Value: 20 New Zealand Dollar …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”