Spain: From Administrative Reform to Continuous Improvement [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,sponsoring body.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2014.
This comprehensive review of public governance in Spain finds that it shares with other OECD countries the need for a whole-of-government approach to reform. This is especially needed given Spain's high degree of decentralisation and institutional fragmentation throughout the public sector. The experience of OECD countries with administrative reform is that it is successful when it is not perceived as a one-off exercise, but rather as a process of continuous improvement to constantly identify waste, shortcomings, and opportunities to do things better. This is particularly relevant for the public administration to become a positive influence for growth and overcome the effects of the financial crisis Spain has been through.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Executive summary -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Recommendations -- Foreword and Acknowledgements -- Strengthening transparency and building trust in government in Spain -- Mobilising and using resources -- Developing a sustainable and flexible human resources management system -- Strengthening digital government for a more strategic public administration in Spain -- Implementing governance reform in Spain -- Administrative rationalisation and multi-level governance -- The context of state development in Spain -- Raising Spain's productivity through better regulation -- Annex - Cross-reference table.
This comprehensive review of public governance in Spain finds that it shares with other OECD countries the need for a whole-of-government approach to reform. This is especially needed given Spain's high degree of decentralisation and institutional fragmentation throughout the public sector. The experience of OECD countries with administrative reform is that it is successful when it is not perceived as a one-off exercise, but rather as a process of continuous improvement to constantly identify waste, shortcomings, and opportunities to do things better. This is particularly relevant for the public administration to become a positive influence for growth and overcome the effects of the financial crisis Spain has been through.
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