2012-07-24
Performance Measurement and Performance Information in New Democracies
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Abstract
This article explores the introduction of
performance measurement tools in new
democracies by presenting a qualitative study
based on Estonian governmental documents
and performance audits. A set of specific
factors help to explain difficulties in introducing
performance measurement tools in
immature policy environments: instability,
poor strategic planning and policy analysis,
an implementation gap and uncritical, uninformed
transfer of Western performance
management initiatives. Although the authors
recognize the limits of generalizations based
on the Estonian example, the presence of
such ‘transitional’ factors is likely to make the
development of performance measurement in
new democracies even more complicated
than in the West.
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Keywords | Performance measurement, performance information, new democracies, Estonia, Central, and Eastern Europe |
Persistent URL | dx.doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2012.657835, hdl.handle.net/1765/50218 |
Series | COCOPS - (COordinating for COhesion in the Public Sector of the Future) |
Journal | Public Management Review: an international journal of research and theory |
Grant | This work was funded by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme; grant id fp7/266887 - COordinating for COhesion in the Public Sector of the Future (COCOPS) |
Citation |
Nõmm, K, & Randma-Liiv, T. (2012). Performance Measurement and Performance Information in New Democracies. Public Management Review: an international journal of research and theory, 14(7), 859–879. doi:10.1080/14719037.2012.657835
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