In this study, we assess the size of the government wage bill and employment in the member countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union and their implications for fiscal sustainability and the adequacy of public service delivery. Over the period 2005 to 2015 their wage bill (as a percentage...

The reform of the Italian public administration has been a priority for at least two decades, with several major initiatives undertaken toward modernization and simplification. Notwithstanding laudable intentions, however, progress remains limited. This analysis is a case study of two reforms...

This paper compiles and compares recent and past measures introduced to contain the public wage bill in a number of emerging and advanced economies to assess their effectiveness in bringing down expenditure in a sustained way. In the aftermath of the Great Recession a number of countries have...

In den letzten Jahren hat sich in Deutschland die Diskussion um neue Steuerungsinstrumente auch auf den Bereich der Hochschulen ausgeweitet. Nach den Studienreformen stehen nun die Binnenmodernisierung und die Neuordnung der Außenverhältnisse von Hochschulen im Mittelpunkt der...