Ministerial advisors
Subtitle: role, influence and management
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Secretary-General; OECD iLibrary
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9789264124929; 9789264124936
Subjects: Consultants; Business consultants; Government consultants
Description: Government leaders need high-quality and responsive advice to make informed decisions, particularly to help restore long-term economic growth. Indeed, in many countries ministerial advisors are appointed primarily in order to increase the responsiveness of government and help address strategic challenges faced by government leaders. At the same time, their sheer number and the opacity surrounding their status have prompted widespread concern. These are two findings that emerged from an OECD survey in 2010 into the work of ministerial advisors across 27 countries. This report examines the survey’s findings in order to better understand the important role advisors play and how they are managed. It considers why ministers use their services, how they are appointed, the special status they enjoy, the concerns they have prompted in the general public, and how reform may make them more accountable  and improve the transparency of their status.
Notes: "This work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD"--T.p. verso.

"Corrigenda to OECD publications may be found online at: www.oecd.org/publishing/corrigenda"--T.p. verso.

"The report was prepared by Elodie Beth"--Foreword.

OECD-code: 42 2011 21 1 P.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-119).

Also available online to subscribers.

Text in English; includes executive summary, also in English, at beginning of book.