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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.

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This latest edition contains 58 indicators of good government, on 42 governments and in 10 policy domains

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Foreword Editorial

Reader’s Guide

Introduction

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

Annex A. Methodology for Revenue Aggregates

Annex B. Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG)

Annex C. Assumptions of the OECD Fiscal Sustainability Model

Annex D. Methodology and Additional Notes on Compensation of Government Employees

Annex E. Methodology and Additional Notes on Indicators of Human Resource Management

Annex F. Detailed Data from the 2010 Survey on Integrity

Annex G. Detailed Data from the 2010 OECD Procurement Survey

Annex H. Contextual Factors

Annex I.  Members of the Government at a Glance Steering Group

Glossary

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