According to the most widespread definition, public services serve public interests and are provided by the government. The state is often held accountable for these services. However, not all public sector services will be considered here. Some services, such as the police, the legal system,...

Local governments spend roughly $1.6 trillion per year to provide a variety of public services ranging from police and fire protection to public schools and public transit. However, we know little about public sector's productivity in delivering key services. To understand the productivity both...

When a municipality is the debtor, as is the case in chapter 9 municipal bankruptcies, one might assume that the law recognizes community/taxpayer interests at all stages of chapter 9 proceedings. That assumption would be incorrect. Unlike bondholders, public employees (active and retired), and...

The Provision of Public Services in Europe Between State, Local Government and Market Edited by Hellmut Wollmann Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Public Administration, Social Science Institute, Humboldt- Universitdt, Berlin, Germany Gerard Marcou Professor of Public Law, Universite...

Governments at central and sub-national levels are increasingly pursuing participatory mechanisms in a bid to improve governance and service delivery. This has been largely in the context of decentralization reforms in which central governments transfer (share) political, administrative, fiscal...