Since its publication in 2000, Public Management Reform has established itself as the standard text in the field, presenting a comparative analysis of recent changes in Public Management and Public Administration in a range of countries in Europe, North America, and Australasia. This completely...

In the article the attempt is made to identify and to compare some of the basic principles on which the intergovernmental and interorganisational setting of France and Germany has been traditionally built as well their recent development. A promising approach for such a discussion is seen in...

Het concept ‘prestatie’ staat centraal in een moderne overheid. Toch is er niet noodzakelijk duidelijkheid gekomen over de algemene doelstellingen ervan. Wat betekent het wanneer men zegt dat het prestatieniveau van de overheid moet verbeteren? Prestaties en prestatiemanagement zijn veel...

Reform of government financial management systems in the past decade has seen developments in accrual accounting and in results-based budgeting and reporting. Australia has worked with an accrual-based framework for outcomes and outputs budgeting and reporting since fiscal year 1999/2000. The...