Distributed public governance
Subtitle: agencies, authorities and other government bodies.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Administrative agencies -- OECD countries.; Decentralization in government -- OECD countries.
Description: Good governance in modern times requires attention not only to shifting relations between governments, citizens and parliaments, but to the effective functioning of government itself. One important issue is 'Distributed Governance' - a term coined in this publication to capture the notion of proliferating public organisations operating with some degree of separateness from core government ministries. Despite the fact that in many countries more than half of public employment and central public expenditure is carried out through such bodies, they have not been comprehensively studied from a governance perspective. Some important questions concerning these organisations that need to be addressed are: Does government have adequate oversight of them? How accountable are they? and To whom should they be accountable? Distributed Public Governance: Agencies, Authorities and other Government Bodies presents the experience of nine countries with the governance of these bodies. It also draws preliminary conclusions from the work carried out on this topic by the OECD’s Public Management Service (PUMA).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.