Performance-Based Budgeting : Beyond Rhetoric
Performance-based budgeting has long been a recommended reform in both industrial and developing countries. Yet considerable ambiguity remains on how to define and implement this approach. A relatively strict definition is that performance-based bu...
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okr-10986-113242021-04-23T14:02:55Z Performance-Based Budgeting : Beyond Rhetoric Moynihan, Donald P. ACCOUNTABILITY ACHIEVEMENT AGING BUDGETING CITIZENS DRAWING ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS FINANCIAL CAPACITY FISCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SERVICES GOVERNMENT SPENDING HEALTH CARE LEGISLATORS MANAGERS MEDIA MIS OPERA PERFORMANCE AUDITING PERFORMANCE BUDGETING PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS PERFORMANCE MEASURES PRESIDENCY PROGRAM EVALUATION PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SPENDING REFORMS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS SERVICE QUALITY STATE FUNDING STATE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING YOUNG CHILDREN BUDGETING RESOURCE ALLOCATION POLICY DIALOGS INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FINANCIAL CAPABILITY GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE LEGISLATION ENVIRONMENT LEGISLATORS FUNDING Performance-based budgeting has long been a recommended reform in both industrial and developing countries. Yet considerable ambiguity remains on how to define and implement this approach. A relatively strict definition is that performance-based budgeting allocates resources based on the achievement of specific, measurable outcomes (Fielding Smith 1999). This definition promises a rational, mechanistic link between performance measures and resource allocations, with the ability to state the level of outputs that can be achieved with an additional amount of resources. But outputs cannot always be quantified precisely-and while performance information offers benefits to governments, it cannot eliminate the inherently political nature of budgeting. Over the past decade U.S. state governments have experimented extensively with performance- based budgeting. Yet while 47 of 50 states claim to use some form of it, driven by legislative or administrative requirements, there is no evidence that any state relies on a strict performance-based system. Even though U.S. state governments have fairly high human and financial capacity, they have encountered limitations in implementing performance-based budgeting-raising questions about the potential benefits of this approach. 2012-08-13T14:45:39Z 2012-08-13T14:45:39Z 2003-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2519752/performance-based-budgeting-beyond-rhetoric http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11324 English PREM Notes; No. 78 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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ACCOUNTABILITY ACHIEVEMENT AGING BUDGETING CITIZENS DRAWING ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS FINANCIAL CAPACITY FISCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SERVICES GOVERNMENT SPENDING HEALTH CARE LEGISLATORS MANAGERS MEDIA MIS OPERA PERFORMANCE AUDITING PERFORMANCE BUDGETING PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS PERFORMANCE MEASURES PRESIDENCY PROGRAM EVALUATION PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SPENDING REFORMS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS SERVICE QUALITY STATE FUNDING STATE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING YOUNG CHILDREN BUDGETING RESOURCE ALLOCATION POLICY DIALOGS INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FINANCIAL CAPABILITY GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE LEGISLATION ENVIRONMENT LEGISLATORS FUNDING |
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ACCOUNTABILITY ACHIEVEMENT AGING BUDGETING CITIZENS DRAWING ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS FINANCIAL CAPACITY FISCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SERVICES GOVERNMENT SPENDING HEALTH CARE LEGISLATORS MANAGERS MEDIA MIS OPERA PERFORMANCE AUDITING PERFORMANCE BUDGETING PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS PERFORMANCE MEASURES PRESIDENCY PROGRAM EVALUATION PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SPENDING REFORMS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS SERVICE QUALITY STATE FUNDING STATE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING YOUNG CHILDREN BUDGETING RESOURCE ALLOCATION POLICY DIALOGS INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FINANCIAL CAPABILITY GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE LEGISLATION ENVIRONMENT LEGISLATORS FUNDING Moynihan, Donald P. Performance-Based Budgeting : Beyond Rhetoric |
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Performance-based budgeting has long
been a recommended reform in both industrial and developing
countries. Yet considerable ambiguity remains on how to
define and implement this approach. A relatively strict
definition is that performance-based budgeting allocates
resources based on the achievement of specific, measurable
outcomes (Fielding Smith 1999). This definition promises a
rational, mechanistic link between performance measures and
resource allocations, with the ability to state the level of
outputs that can be achieved with an additional amount of
resources. But outputs cannot always be quantified
precisely-and while performance information offers benefits
to governments, it cannot eliminate the inherently political
nature of budgeting. Over the past decade U.S. state
governments have experimented extensively with performance-
based budgeting. Yet while 47 of 50 states claim to use some
form of it, driven by legislative or administrative
requirements, there is no evidence that any state relies on
a strict performance-based system. Even though U.S. state
governments have fairly high human and financial capacity,
they have encountered limitations in implementing
performance-based budgeting-raising questions about the
potential benefits of this approach. |
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Moynihan, Donald P. |
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Moynihan, Donald P. |
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Moynihan, Donald P. |
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Performance-Based Budgeting : Beyond Rhetoric |
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Performance-Based Budgeting : Beyond Rhetoric |
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Performance-Based Budgeting : Beyond Rhetoric |
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Performance-Based Budgeting : Beyond Rhetoric |
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Performance-Based Budgeting : Beyond Rhetoric |
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performance-based budgeting : beyond rhetoric |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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