This book takes stock of the past two decades of public sector modernization in OECD countries. These years have witnessed an influx of new ideas and initiatives but how have these new ideas worked in practice? This report assesses failures and successes and identifies the challenges ahead. It...

Introduction -- Public sector reform: Modernization, paradigms and patterns -- Economic foundations of public sector reform -- An economic theory of leadership -- The contribution of economists to policy leadership and public sector reform -- The role of leadership development in public sector...

Introducing and positioning digital government -- The contribution of digital technologies and data to societal change -- Different theories and perspectives on digital government -- The service state -- Open and transparent government -- Smart government -- Participatory democracy and public...

This book provides the reader with the basis for a theoretical understanding of public-sector finance in general - and more specifically, a comprehensive, policy-oriented application of that understanding to Japanese public finance. Particular emphasis is placed upon developing tools which can...

Red tape is burdensome to companies, inhibits entrepreneurship, and reduces competitiveness. This book examines country strategies and tools for reducing red tape and the institutional frameworks set up to reduce red tape, and finds what the trends are and what strategies are working.

This book takes stock of the past two decades of public sector modernisation in OECD countries. These years have witnessed an influx of new ideas and initiatives but how have these new ideas worked in practice? This report assesses failures and successes and identifies the challenges ahead. It...