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OECD Public Management Review: Ireland

on 28-Apr-2008

The first ever OECD Public Management Review, “Ireland: Towards an integrated Public Service”, published on Monday 28 April 2008, asseses reforms over the past 10 years, and looks at how the Public Service can work together better as an integrated whole in response to societal demands and the need to maintain competitiveness.

Towards measuring government performance

04-Mar-2008

A new OECD Working Paper, "Towards Government at a Glance: Identification of Core Data and Issues related to Public Sector Efficiency", is the second of three papers being released in preparation for a new biennial publication to be launched next year. The series, Government at a Glance, will provide a set of key indicators of good government and efficient public services to help member countries to better assess, plan and measure their public sector reform agenda.

Economic Survey of Denmark 2008: Keeping with the targets of the fiscal strategy

19-Feb-2008

In August 2007, the Danish government presented its new medium-term fiscal framework: the 2015 Strategy. It is remarkable for holding up fiscal sustainability as an overarching objective for budgeting and government policies. Nevertheless, clearer mechanisms are needed to prevent spending overruns in regional and local authorities, this report argues.

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Past editions of the OECD Journal on Budgeting are now available online.

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