Measuring Regulatory Performance

09-Feb-2012

This programme on Measuring Regulatory Performance addresses a key concern to governments and namely demonstrates how regulatory governance improvements deliver economic benefits to business and citizens as well as broader public welfare.

OECD Work on Measuring Regulatory Performance

05-Jan-2012

This page presents related OECD work on the topic of regulation. It also provides external links to work devoted to regulation outside the OECD.

Publications on Measuring Regulatory Performance

04-Jan-2012

This page provides a list of all the publications, surveys and policy briefs that were produced by the OECD Division on Regulatory Policy in the context of the programme on Measuring Regulatory Performance.

Government at a Glance 2011

24-Jun-2011

The nearly 60 indicators available in this second edition compare the political and institutional frameworks of government across OECD countries as well as government revenues and expenditures, employment, and compensation.

OECD Central Government Debt, International Comparisons - Data from 1980 onwards

02-Nov-2009

Data are available from 1980 and provide comparable information on marketable and non-marketable central government debt instruments in all OECD member countries. They are expressed either in million ...

International Budget Practices and Procedures Database

06-Oct-2009

Through questionnaires, the OECD International Budget Practices and Procedures Database provides comparable information on the entire budget cycle: preparation, approval, execution, accounting and audit, performance information, and aid management.&l

Accounting for one-off operations when assessing underlying fiscal positions

13-Oct-2008

Isabelle Joumard, Makoto Minegishi, Christophe André, Chantal Nicq and Robert Price

Frequent recourse to large one-off operations in a number of OECD countries has undermined the accuracy of cyclically adjusted fiscal balances as a measure of both the sustainability of public finance and the fiscal stance.

Employment in government in the perspective of the production costs of goods and services in the public domain - results of analysis

28-Jan-2008

Elsa Pilichowski and Édouard Turkisch

This document presents the new methodology for gathering comparable data on public employment and the resulting data. A further comparison is made between employment data in government and the costs of production of services of the public domain.

Highlights of Public Sector Pay and Employment Trends: 2002 Update

09-Nov-2005

This paper aims to provide OECD member countries with some selected trends of public sector pay and employment.

Statistical Questionnaire on Public Sector Pay and Employment

09-Nov-2005

This questionnaire was sent to OECD countries to update data on employment, wages, compensation costs, pay levels and pay changes in the public sector. In addition, it includes questions on the representation of women in the public sector, ageing issues and staff turnover.