Format:
1 online resource (74 pages)
ISBN:
9780821371565
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082137155X
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9780821371558
Series Statement:
World Bank Working Paper
Content:
This paper reviews progress made in the development of public management systems capable of meeting European standards in the new member states of the European Union, looking into the people, systems, and service delivery aspects of public management systems. The new member states face considerable challenges-improving fiscal management, building absorption capacity of rapidly increasing levels of EU structural funds, and enhancing economic competitiveness-making essential the building of high-quality public management systems. The studyapplies existing tools for comparative analysis and benchmarking of public management quality used in the context of the EU. It draws conclusions on why progress has been slow on introducing competitive public managements systems and practices in the new member states. This report proposes an agenda for reform as well as alternatives to traditional approaches to strengthening public management systems.
Content:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction, Context, and Approach -- Context -- Administrative Capacity Two Years after Accession: Mixed at Best -- Conclusions and Approach -- 2. Reviewing Main Trends in Administrative Development -- Public Management Innovations Continue to be Rare and Relatively Isolated -- Structural Flaws Have Reappeared -- 3. Comparing Innovative Capacity -- Identifying Comparators -- Defining the Sample -- Performance Management and Strategic Planning -- Policy Coordination -- HRM Systems -- E-Governance Applications -- 4. Replicability and How to Design a Successful Reform Agenda: A Review of Alternatives -- Innovations and Factors in Replicability -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- List of Tables -- 1.1 Transposition: EU-25 Member States -- 1.2 Fiscal Deficit Levels, 1995-2006 (GG deficit, ESA 95% of GDP) -- 1.3 Service Delivery: Evidence from "Doing Business" and "ACT 3" -- List of Figures -- 1.1 Absorption of EU Structural Funds, September 2005 (In percent for appropriations of 2004-06) -- 3.1 CAF Rating Scale -- 3.2 Performance Management Benchmarked Against the EU Average -- 3.3 Strategic Planning Benchmarked Against the EU Average -- 3.4 The Policy Coordination Scale -- 3.5 Overall Coordination Levels -- 3.6 EI Coordination -- 3.7 Civil Service Legislation -- 3.8 HRM Systems -- 3.9 Politicization -- 3.10 Incentive Systems -- 3.11 Analytical Framework for e-Governance Applications -- List of Boxes -- 1 Benchmarking Results -- 3.1 Performance Management Benchmarks -- 3.2 Strategic Planning Benchmarks -- 3.3 The Main Elements of the HRM Baseline Assessment -- 5.1 Conclusions and Recommendations: Summary.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Executive Summary; List of Boxes; 1. Introduction, Context, and Approach; List of Tables; List of Figures; 2. Reviewing Main Trends in Administrative Development; 3. Comparing Innovative Capacity; 4. Replicability and How to Design a Successful Reform Agenda: A Review of Alternatives; 5. Conclusions; References;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821371558
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780821371558
Language:
English
