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Outcome-focused Management in the United States

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18-Aug-2009

The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA, the Results Act) established a performance management framework for federal departments and agencies. The framework consists of agency Strategic ...

Countering Uncertainty in Budget Forecasts

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13-Aug-2009

Federal budget procedures in the United States require forecasts and projections over several distinct periods of time: short term (18-24 months ahead), medium term (both 5- and 10-year horizons), and ...

Accountability Institutions and the Policy Process: The United States Experience

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11-Aug-2009

Accountability is now acknowledged as an important element in good governance in the public sector. The term itself is complex, covering many aspects including: the move from accounting to accountability; ...

Performance Budgeting in the United States

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29-Jul-2009

This article describes the history of performance management in the United States government, including the Budget and Performance Integration initiative (BPI), the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), ...

Pensions at a Glance 2009: Highlights for the US

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23-Jun-2009

The United States’ private pension funds have been heavily hit by the financial crisis, with real losses of 26.2% in 2008... Nearly one in four US seniors live in poverty on international measures. This is the fifth highest old-age poverty in the OECD countries just under double the OECD average

Health Care Reform in the United States

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10-Feb-2009

David Carey, Bradley Herring and Patrick Lenain

In spite of improvements, on various measures of health outcomes the United States appears to rank relatively poorly among OECD countries. Health expenditures, in contrast, are significantly higher than in any other OECD country.

Economic Survey of the United States 2008: Health Care Reform

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09-Dec-2008

Health outcomes;life expectancy;health status;health costs;health expenditure;health insurance; pooling;individual market;adverse selection;moral hazard;mandate;health subsidies;tax exclusion;Medicare;Medicare Advantage;comparative effectiveness;

Senior budget official country reviews of budgeting systems

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09-Dec-2008

The objective of senior budget official country reviews is to provide a comprehensive overview of the budget process in the country under examination, to evaluate national experiences in the light of international best practice and to provide specific policy recommendations.

Performance Budgeting in OECD Countries

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12-Nov-2007

Teresa Curristine

This book reviews the experiences of eight OECD countries which have developed and used performance information in the budget process over the past ten years. The book offers guidelines and recommendations on adapting budget systems to promote the use of performance information.

Economic survey of the United States 2007: Household debt

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29-May-2007

US households have been borrowing heavily. Distortions in the tax treatment of housing and government sponsorship of mortgage enterprises should be addressed.