This second edition of Government at a Glance almost doubles the number of available indicators of OECD governments’ performance, to nearly 60.
The indicators compare the political and institutional frameworks of government across OECD countries as well as government revenues and expenditures, employment, and compensation.
This publication provides evidence for policy makers by measuring the performance of governments in a comparative perspective. This also allows countries to benchmark their performance against other countries.
There are also indicators describing government policies and practices on integrity, e-government and open government, and introduce several composite indexes summarising key aspects of public management practices in human resources management, budgeting, procurement, and regulatory management.
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Executive summary
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Over 50 indicators comparing the political and institutional frameworks of member and some non-member governments with other OECD countries as well as government revenues and expenditures, employment, and compensation.
Chapter I. Leveraged Governance: Avoiding Fracture and Getting Results
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Chapter II. Fiscal Consolidation: The Need for Evidence-Based Decision Making
Chapter III. Public Finance and Economics
1. General government revenues
2. Structure of general government revenues
3. Revenue structure by level of government
4. General government expenditures
5. Structure of general government expenditures (by COFOG function)
6. Expenditure structure by level of government
7. General government expenditures by type
8. Production costs in general government
9. General government investment
10. Final consumption of goods and services by government and households
11. Size of general government financial assets and liabilities
12. General government deficits/surpluses
13. General government debt
14. Special feature: Governments' role in R&D
Chapter IV. Strategic Foresight and Leadership
15. Fiscal sustainability
16. Strategic human resource management
17. Senior civil service
18. Political influence in senior staffing
19. Strategic decision making: ministerial advisors
20. E-government strategies
Chapter V. Employment in General Government and Public Corporations
21. Employment in general government and public corporations
22. General government employment across levels of government
23. Ageing central government workforce
24. Special feature: Public workforce restructuring
Chapter VI. Compensation in Selected Public Sector Occupations
25. Teachers’ salaries
26. Doctors’ and nurses’ salaries
27. Compensation of senior management in central government
28. Compensation of middle management in central government
29. Compensation of professionals in central government
30. Compensation of administrative/secretarial staff in central government
Chapter VII. Human Resources Management Practices
31. Delegation in human resource management
32. Staff performance management
33. Industrial relations in central government
34. Working conditions in central government
Chapter VIII. Transparency in Governance
35. Legislative capacity to ensure transparency in the budget process
36. Scope of freedom of information laws
37. Ease of filing a request for public information
38. Proactive disclosure of information
39. Conflict-of-interest disclosure by top decision makers
Chapter IX. Public Procurement
40. Size of public procurement market
41. Transparency in public procurement
42. E-procurement
43. Special feature: Green procurement
Chapter X. Regulatory Governance
44. Regulatory institutional frameworks and oversight
45. Improving the transparency of regulations
46. Preparing for effective compliance and enforcement of regulations
47. Evaluating regulatory performance
Chapter XI. Ways of Delivering Public Services
48. Government outsourcing
49. Uptake of e-government services
50. Special feature: Partnering with citizens in service delivery
Chapter XII. Government Performance Indicators from Selected Sectors
51. Greater fairness through selected government policies
52. Equity in access to education
53. Education outputs
54. Education outcomes
55. Equity in access to health care
56. Health outputs and output-based efficiency measures
57. Health outcomes and expenditure
58. Efficiency of tax administrations
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