This paper shows how an elite cadre of public sector officials played a key role in the success of administrative reforms in Brazil's state tax administration bureaus in the 1990s. The success of the reforms strengthened public sector bureaucracies and institutions at all government levels,...

Efforts to make it easier for firms to register formally are the most common form of business regulatory reform over the past decade. While there is evidence that large reforms have resulted in some increases in registration rates, recent experimental evidence suggests very few informal firms...

Since the mid-1980s Brazil has experienced a period of great macroeconomic instability. Examining the evolution of the primary balance during these years, one identifies three markedly distinct periods: 1985 to 1989, 1990 to 1994, and 1995-96. The average primary surplus increased from 0. 6...

Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt die Übertragung personal-wirtschaftlicher Praktiken des privaten Sektors auf öffentliche Verwaltungen.Ausgehend von dem Ansatz eines New Public Management implizieren die Annahmen des Managerialismus, erfolgreiche personal-wirtschaftliche Instrumente der...

Vorliegender Tagungsbeitrag beschäftigt sich mit dem Status und der Rolle der Corporate University zwischen betrieblicher Bildungsabteilung und öffentlicher Hochschule.

[This document was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control. It designated Mr Brian Hayes (MEP) to follow the study.] - The recent European crisis has put the issue of government efficiency high on national policy agendas. Policy measures that result in a reduction...

This short note provides a framework for looking at public sector governance and productivity improvements. It argues that the role of government in enhancing productivity growth is two-fold. First, government should provide an environment that is conducive in improving total factor productivity...