Economic considerations play a major role in national policy decisions as well as in government decisions on the development and design of services. The Economics Service at MJB assists all the Institute’s research teams in the use of economic analysis in their studies, enabling them to evaluate services and inform policy development more fully. In addition, the Economics Service leads MJB's economic research on cross-cutting issues related to various social services. The main emphasis of the Economics Service is in assimilating economic thinking into the decision-making process in government ministries.