This study provides a comparative analysis of the budget limits of the Commonwealth of Independent States members, focusing on fiscal responses to the COVID crisis and options for improving the structure. The methodology comprised a statistical approach based on assessments of macroeconomic...

While it is recognized that effective state institutions are pivotal for economic development, it is not well understood what their origins are and what explains their cross-country differences. We focus on budget institutions in developing economies, as efficient public finance planning in such...

This paper examines tensions in the administration of justice in Canada. These tensions arise in part from what the author describes as a ‘tripartite' responsibility for the courts system, split between two levels of government and the judicial and executive branches. It also identifies...

In dem Gutachten werden ein Überblick der Personalausgaben und der Personalstruktur des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen gegeben und Handlungsoptionen für die Personalpolitik des Landes abgeleitet. Im Jahr 2012 stellten die direkten und indirekten Personalausgaben in Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) 43%...

In dem Gutachten werden ein Überblick der Personalausgaben und der Personalstruktur des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen gegeben und Handlungsoptionen für die Personalpolitik des Landes abgeleitet. Im Jahr 2012 stellten die direkten und indirekten Personalausgaben in Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) 43%...

Aim/purpose - The paper contains descriptive exploratory research on the implementation of General Data Protection Requirements (GDPR) in a group of Polish public administration offices. The purpose of this research is to investigate the current state of personal data protection in the entities...

This paper seeks to present the necessity of the public “space” availability as a relaxation of the legislation margins in order of a flexible and efficient Strategic Public Management. This papers is about to be proposed with inclusion of the basic ideas of public strategic management. The...

The article provides a discussion on results of extensive empirical research conducted in 2016 on a sample of 495 local government authorities, using the CAWI questionnaire technique supported by the CATI survey. The results thus obtained were verified in statistical terms and then critically...

The article investigates the impact and efficiency of bureaucracy on the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union (EU). For this purpose, the article applies a non-parametric approach, i.e. data envelopment analysis (DEA), to assess the best performers in...

Public sector reforms and a refocusing of spending, partly through privatisation, have created a leaner and more effective government in Mexico. Primary expenditure, at around 18 per cent of GDP in 1999, is less than half the average for the OECD. At the same time, there are important spending...