The 2019 International Civil Service Effectiveness (InCiSE) Index has been published today by the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. The index aims to help countries determine how their central civil services are performing and to learn from each other. The full story is at https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/news/new-index-ranks-uk-civil-service-top-followed-new-zealand-and-canada and it makes fascinating reading.