Volume 7 – No. 1 © OECD 2007 Improving Public Sector Efficiency: Challenges and Opportunities by Teresa Curristine‚ Zsuzsanna Lonti and Isabelle Joumard* This article examines key institutional drivers that may contribute to improving public sector efficiency and focuses on one of them in more detail: performance information and its role and use in the budget process (“performance budgeting”). * Teresa Curristine is a Policy Analyst in the Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate
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Black Men and Public Space Brent Staples Brent Staples (b. 1951)‚ the oldest of nine children‚ was born in Chester‚ Pennsylvania. His father was a truck driver who lost his job along with 40‚000 other workers in the 1960s because of plant closings in the area. The family was reduced to poverty. Staples had never considered college until a college professor took an interest in him and encouraged him to apply to a program that recruited black students. He enrolled at Widener University (B.A. 1973)
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ten Tips in Public Relation Vinamilk Coporation – VietNam There are many successful companies in public relation‚ Vinamilk is not a big company in Asia‚ but it has the potential to reach out to far in the future‚ today I will introduce some tips about Vinamilk public relation‚ how they get a great connection with customer although it’s till in domestic range http://www.vinamilk.com.vn/ENG/ 1. Communicating the message. “ the message lies at the heart of the strategic public relations program”
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Efficiency of Public Transport Systems Abstract: We all hear the traffic woes everyday. The city has its share of negatives but traffic is one of the most talked about and experienced. One of the solutions generally given to solve the traffic problems is to have an efficient public transportation system. This solution basically cuts down the number of vehicles‚ and saves fuel‚ reduces pollution and in some cases is actually efficient in terms of time and money also. This paper discusses on the
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collected no data for this purpose (“The state‚” 2012). All these issues are mainly accounted for prolonged budget deficits‚ which the TTC has been struggling for many years. HISTORY OF THE TTC The Toronto Transportation Committee (TTC) is a public transport service agency established in 1954‚ the third largest transit system in North America that operates streetcar‚ transit bus‚ and rapid transit service (subway and RT) in Toronto. The TTC consists of four repaid transit service lines with
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Public sector reform in Lesotho: Challenges‚ achievements and the way forward ABSTRACT THE GOVERNMENT OF LESOTHO EMBARKED UPON A LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM EXERCISE FROM THE EARLY 1990S (PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME-PSRIP). IT WAS DRIVEN BY THE REALISATION THAT THE PUBLIC SECTOR WAS BLOATED‚ INEFFICIENT WITH REGARD TO POOR SERVICE DELIVERY‚ WITH CORRUPTION CONSTITUTING A DRAIN ON BUDGET. THE INFLUENCE AND ‘PERSUASION’ OF THE WORLD BANK‚ THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
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Makerere University College of Business and Management Sciences 2012 MBA YEAR II Public Sector Administration and Management MBS8118 (Nov 2013) Presented by . Francis Patrick Makayi Task Using your understanding of the knowledge of Uganda’s Public sector‚ what are the major challenges facing the country’s public sector? What prescriptions would you offer to address the challenges? Facilitator: Professor Basheka List of Acronyms HIV- Human Immunodeficiency Virus KCCA- Kampala
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the government would appoint officers to hold public services posts at various levels. The administration of a government agency would be incomplete without financial allocation to pay for all its activities. To finance the agencies‚ a yearly allocation is given based on their financial needs to enable the agencies to carry out activities and responsibilities entrusted to them. At present‚ the agencies established are responsible for providing public services in the field of social (welfare)‚ economy
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New public management (NPM) changes the focus of public servants from administration to management. Traditional Public Administration (TPA) takes the view that managers have a more policy-making focus. This management style is as much‚ if not more concerned‚ with how goals are accomplished then the goal itself. Thus management is concerned with making sure that policies are in place to ensure that processes are in compliance with government regulations‚ are fair and equitable‚ have the public
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CT310: Principles of working in the public sector (optional) Organisational structures The organisation of Central Government is separated into separate government departments. Most government departments are headed by a secretary of state or other senior minister and the structure of these departments tends to reflect what functions the minister has to oversee. Some departments are known as ‘non-ministerial’ which means they are not headed directly by a minister‚ but rather by a board answerable
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