Building on Basics.

\"\"Foreword\"\"
 \"\"Table of contents\"\"
 \"\"Executive summary\"\"
 \"\"Background of the study\"\"
 \"\"Aim of the study\"\"
 \"\"Structure and contents of the report\"\"
 \"\"Introduction\"\"
 \"\"Background of the study\"\"
 \"\"Aims of the study\"\"
 \"\"Three periods of public administration\"\"
 \"\"Problematic results of New Public Management\"\"
 \"\"The need for consolidation as a driving factor\"\"
 \"\"Tools of the study\"\"
 \"\"Contents of the study\"\"
 \"\"Notes\"\"
 \"\"Bibliography\"\"
 \"\"Statistics\"\"
 \"\"Introduction\"\"
 \"\"Basic statistics of the countries included in the study\"\"
 \"\"Employment in general and central government\"\" \"\"Expenditures and revenues in general and central government\"\"\"\"Notes\"\"
 \"\"Bibliography\"\"
 \"\"Policy development\"\"
 \"\"Introduction\"\"
 \"\"Reform 3.1. Strengthening policy development capacity within line ministries\"\"
 \"\"Reform 3.2. Integration of executive and professional expertise into policy development\"\"
 \"\"Reform 3.3. Transfer of policy research institutions to universities, private research establishment and consultancy firms\"\"
 \"\"Reform 3.4. Independent fiscal forecasting institutions\"\"
 \"\"Reform 3.5. Whole of government standards for ex post evaluation\"\" \"\"Reform 3.6. Whole of government standards for Regulatory Impact Analysis and for Cost-Benefit Analysis\"\"\"\"Reform 3.7. A more consistent division of policy responsibilities between central and sub-central governments\"\"
 \"\"Notes\"\"
 \"\"Bibliography\"\"
 \"\"Policy execution\"\"
 \"\"Introduction\"\"
 \"\"Reform 4.1. Role of arm\'s length agencies\"\"
 \"\"Reform 4.2. Use of common process units\"\"
 \"\"Reform 4.3. Role of independent agencies\"\"
 \"\"Reform 4.4. Role of private non-profit institutions in service delivery\"\"
 \"\"Reform 4.5. Reform of the foreign service\"\"
 \"\"Notes\"\"
 \"\"Bibliography\"\" \"\"Administrative regulation and supervision\"\"\"\"Introduction\"\"
 \"\"Reform 5.1. Reforming economic regulation: maximising the use of general and cross-sectoral regulation and regulators\"\"
 \"\"Reform 5.2. The use of independent regulatory agencies\"\"
 \"\"Reform 5.3. Risk based supervision\"\"
 \"\"Note\"\"
 \"\"Bibliography\"\"
 \"\"Support services and operational management\"\"
 \"\"Introduction\"\"
 \"\"Reform 6.1. Acceleration of service sharing\"\"
 \"\"Reform 6.2. Concentration of standard setting units for operational management\"\"
 \"\"Reform 6.3. Outsourcing of support services\"\"
 \"\"Notes\"\"
 \"\"Bibliography\"\" \"\"Financial management\"\"\"\"Introduction\"\"
 \"\"Reform 7.1. Programme classification of the budget\"\"
 \"\"Reform 7.2. Regular updating of baseline estimates\"\"
 \"\"Reform 7.3. Medium term expenditure framework\"\"
 \"\"Reform 7.4. Focusing the budget documentation on financial information\"\"
 \"\"Reform 7.5. Automatic cuts of productivity dividends\"\"
 \"\"Reform 7.6. Strong spending review procedure, anchored in law\"\"
 \"\"Notes\"\"
 \"\"Bibliography\"\"
 \"\"Human resource management\"\"
 \"\"Introduction\"\"
 \"\"Reform 8.1. Human resource support service sharing\"\"
 \"\"Reform 8.2. Human resources standard setting\"\"