After more than a decade since the PPP's diffusion in Italy, inspired by foreign experiences, the empirical experiences have highlighted several gaps of the instrument with financial and managerial implications for the public sector. In particular the paper focuses attention on the diffusion and...

Co-production is an important strand of the current public services reform agenda across the World. Several authors and institutions argued that co-production concept has the potential to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public services becoming a key response to the need for the...

Background. Diabetic chronic foot ulcers lead to pain, discomfort and represent a severe economic burden for patients and health systems. The increasing prevalence in diabetes, will lead a higher incidence and costs for Diabetic chronic foot ulcers in next years. Conventional treatment have a...

Sexist laws are more prevalent in regions where poverty is endemic. The corollary is also true; the places where women experience less discrimination are typically more developed. The legal academy has drawn several inferences from this observation, including that poverty and the development...

The paper is the result of a series of reflections on the evolution of the perspectives of public management theories and the possible contribution given by the public value. In particular, it focuses on a common component observed in the reform processes, with the use of performance management....

The paper explores the phenomenon of participative budget (PB) in Italy, inspired by insights and reflections on public governance, participation and inclusion of citizens in the local authority expenditure decisions. It illustrates and discusses the survey results of a sample of municipalities...

Background. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic and degenerative pathology that affects joints in particular hands, knees, hip and lower back. The prevalence and incidence is in continuous increase for the advanced ageing of the population and the increasing presence of risk factors such as...

This volume aims to shed light on how public service value is identified, managed, measured and reported. The concept of public value has been increasingly associated with the process of modernisation and in recent years the debate has shifted away from 'what' to 'how' public value is...