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The road to improvement: governance indicators and socio-economic outcomes
In this study we look across a series of governance and outcome evaluation systems to assess the evidence for consistency within and between the two.
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An open letter to the PM as he crafts his general election agenda
In this open letter the author proposes an election agenda dominated by levelling-up, NHS and Zero-Carbon met from a programme of public spending reductions. He sees a need for this to be explained by an honest evaluation of the challenges facing Government.
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Using Digital Technology to Improve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Delivery
by David Fellows and Glyn Evans[1] The SDGs The United Nation’s SDGs present an array of complex social, engineering, medical, scientific and managerial challenges for member states set in different contexts and mostly requiring very significant investment, organisational capacity and community involvement. Nations have made commitments to this agenda and it is accepted as…
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Digital Government in Developing Countries
Posted by David Fellows and Glyn Evans[1] With the aid of development partners, developing countries are making commitments to maximise the use of digital technology. The ICT industry is right behind them. In these reforms, digital technology is being represented as the principal transformative medium of government. But to think of “Digital Government” as necessarily…
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The case for an international online public service academy
by David Fellows [1] Introduction The purpose of this post is to consider how digital communication could be developed for the provision of structured professional education for public servants in developing countries using an academy model. This proposal is based on the proposition that there is a widespread need for professional training to improve administrative effectiveness…
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State-owned enterprise Reform Roundup
Authors: David Fellows and John Leonardo PFMConnect’s state-owned enterprise (SOE) Board on Pinterest for the first half of the current year demonstrates the financial burden that SOEs can impose on governments and the resulting dilemmas that arise. SOE services range from oil producers, insurers, railway operators and broadcasters. They can be large or small and…
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An International eCollaboration Route to Public Service Reform
Author: David Fellows Governance of public affairs is a complex topic. It includes the processes by which decisions are made, the means by which service performance is assessed, the standards of behaviour to which public servants are held, the transparency applied to public life and the extent to which ordinary citizens are engaged in policy-making.…
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Commonwealth Africa Anti-Corruption Programme Evaluation
Background Last year the Commonwealth Secretariat commissioned PFMConnect Ltd to undertake an independent evaluation of its Africa Anti-Corruption Programme. Stakeholders consulted Views were obtained through discussions with officials from Commonwealth Africa countries, the Commonwealth Africa Anti-Corruption Centre in Botswana (http://www.thecaacc.org/) and at the Secretariat in London (http://thecommonwealth.org/). Online interviews were held with others that there…
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State-owned enterprises Board
Explore the varied issues associated with the governance and management of state-owned enterprises and the links arising between this service delivery mechanism and public financial management on our Pinterest “State-owned enterprises Board”