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The Ministry works to ensure New Zealand is one of the best places in the world to do business, and to make a real difference to the country's economic performance.

The Government wants to achieve a step-change in sustainable economic growth and this economic transformation agenda provides the impetus for much of the Ministry's work. We have been asked to take a fresh approach and not just build incrementally on old initiatives. This is a big challenge, which our strategy for growth responds to.

In developing and implementing policies and services that promote growth, we work across nine portfolio areas and take an integrated approach across a wide range of agencies. Given the diversity of our effort, it's crucial that the Ministry has a sound strategy to prioritise its allocation of resources and expertise. The aim of our strategy is to focus on the things that really matter for growth.

Each year, we work with Ministers to review our strategy and agree on a small number of key strategic priorities to focus our effort for the next three years. Our eight strategic priorities for the 2008-2011 period are:

• Innovation: Providing aligned and well-focused government support for enterprise and innovation.
• Sustainable business: Helping New Zealand firms to use environmental integrity for economic advantage.
• Firm Internationalisation: Supporting the development of globally-focused and linked businesses.
• Investment: Improving the investment environment for New Zealand firms.
• Business portal and standard business reporting: Simplifying transactions between government and business.
• Better broadband: Improving the level and availability of broadband to support growth.
• Low-emissions electricity: Advancing renewable electricity and energy efficiency.
• Auckland strategy and governance: Contributing to a single action-focused "One Plan" for Auckland.

More information about these strategic priorities, why they have been chosen and how we will progress them is contained in this year's Statement of Intent.

There's a wide range of information on our site. Spend some time browsing through it to gain a sense of how our work reflects and supports the Government's overall strategy for economic transformation.