scholarly journals Where There Is a Way, There Is No Will! The Dichotomy between State Capacity and Quality of Public Spending in Brazil and Spain

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Marco Aurelio Marques Ferreira ◽  
Carmen Pineda Nebot ◽  
Daiane Medeiros Roque Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Relationship Patterns ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
The Relationship

The analytical basis of this work relies on the disclosure of the relationship patterns between budgetary capacity and human development, providing the argument that sometimes “where there is a way, there is no will”. The argument provided is that the budgetary capacity can be either spoiled by the quality of public administration, by lack commitment or even by money displacement. Thus, we mean that sometimes the public managers, especially the mayors, may fail to convert a satisfactory budget conditions in public product and services aligned to contribute to human development. The purpose of this study is to investigate these dimensions regarding local governments of Brazil and Spain, considering the advantages of the differences and similarities between these countries on many issues. Among the main findings a curious fact has been observed, many municipalities with a great budgetary capacity show low quality of services and products provided to the citizens.  The results highlighted several factors, which affect the relationship between municipal budget and human development. These factors could be considered by policymakers to build more equitable resource redistribution policies and to improve the quality of public spending in local government.

scholarly journals E- government and innovation in Italian Public Administration: A business approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1648-1661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ubaldo Comite
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Process Of Change ◽  
The Public ◽  
Business Approach ◽  
Fast Adaptation ◽  
Comprehensive Framework ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

E-Government consists of a strategic instrument for re-formulating the organization and the operation of Public Administrations, acting as a catalyst of trends and changes. It not only represents a resource that allows economic and operational advantages to be obtained, but is also an instrument that is capable of modifying the pre-existing operational mechanisms of the organization, guaranteeing a fast adaptation to continuous changes in the external environment. The use of e-Government not only facilitates the internal activities of the Public Administration, but also has the advantage of facilitating the relationship between different administrations, as well as the interaction with citizens and with businesses. The impact that e-Government can have is that of a better Public Administration, in that it allows public policies to be optimized, the quality of services to be raised, the involvement of the citizens to be widened, and other specific fundamental activities to be improved.The present work intends to illustrate the comprehensive framework of the public administration system in Italy and of the main tendencies in progress, paying particular attention to the development of new management logic, considering e-Government not only as a merely technological phenomenon, but also analyzing it in its full meaning with regards to the process of change and modernization of the public administration.

scholarly journals e-services for the farmers

2012 ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
András Cseh
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Essential Change ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
On Line ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Electronic Administration

Nowadays the different IT tools and use of the internet have appeared almost in every sectors of the economy, so it may give several benefits and help to the agricultural producers. In this article I give a brief overview about e-government and its’ opportunities, then I give a short description of a few important governmental and specialized administration on-line services which are provided to the farmers. According to many experts using of informatics may cause essential change in the operation of the administration because of the fact that the electronic administration may evolve. Generally speaking, today the egovernment services are already an indispensable device to the reformation of the public administration, the modification of services which suits to people's demands and the creation of the more adaptable, clearer public administration. The electronicdocuments are free from formal errors which is either important for clients or offices. The cases can be arranged even from home in 24 hours of the day. The spread and success of the use of electronic services depend not only on the quality of services, but the IT readiness of the target audience is also very important factor. Unfortunately the affect of e-gap is bigger in case of the farmers.

scholarly journals ANALISANDO O COMPORTAMENTO DOS GASTOS PUBLICOS NOS MUNICÍPIOS CEARENSES

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Geraldo Araújo Correia ◽  
Guilherme Irffi Diniz ◽  
Rodolfo Ferreira Ribeiro da Costa
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Income Elasticity ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
The State ◽  
The Public

O objetivo deste trabalho é testar a hipótese de flypaper na administração pública municipal do estado do Ceará.Para tal, foi construído um painel de dados com informações sobre os gastos, a arrecadação, a população e as transferências constitucionais para os 184 municípios cearenses entre 1999 e 2009. Tais informações foram extraídas juntoà Secretaria do Tesouro Nacional e ao Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. A metodologia utilizada remete-se aomodelo de dados em painel com efeito aleatório. Os resultados destacam que a elasticidade gasto-renda supera aelasticidade gasto-transferência e, portanto, as administrações municipais estão isentas da prática descrita pelo efeitoflypaper.Palavras-chave: Flypaper; gasto; transferência; dados em painelANALYZING THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PUBLIC SPENDING IN CEARÁ’S CITIESAbstract: The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis flypaper in municipal public administration in the state of Ceará.To this end, was built a panel with information on expenditures, revenues, population and constitutional transfers to the 184municipalities of Ceará between 1999 and 2009. Such information was extracted together with the National Treasury and theBrazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The methodology used is referred to the panel data with random effect model.The results highlight that the elasticity spending exceeds income-elasticity worn-transfer and, therefore, local governments are exempt from the practice described by flypaper effect.Keywords: Flypaper, expenditure, transfer, panel data.

IMPLEMENTACIJA KVALITETA U SISTEMU MENADžMENTA JAVNIH USLUGA

2021 ◽  
pp. 233-250
Author(s):  
Milan Palević ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Quality Management Systems ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legitimate Expectations ◽  
The One

The work and work of public administration should strive to continuously improve the quality of its services, as well as to improve the overall quality of public administration as an organization. It is necessary to constantly set new goals and gradually, over time, get closer to those goals. In this way, the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization, that is, the entire system, would be improved. The new concept of management in public administration should improve the functioning of the public sector, which means that administrative bodies operate in accordance with the legitimate expectations of the users of their services. This paper presents a review of the current state of eGovernment and eServices that local governments in Serbia provide to citizens and the economy, from the aspect of service providers on the one hand and service users on the other. The author intends to point out the areas in which there is room for improvement, but also the challenges that local governments face every day in their work. The contribution of the paper is in the theoretical presentation of the importance of the implementation of quality management systems in public service management systems in order to improve them.

scholarly journals Rethinking Public Administration through Managers as Leaders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Romanelli ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Leadership Identity ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Public Organisation ◽  
Democratic Life

Rethinking public administration helps to drive public managers as agents of change who assume behaviours coherently with a leadership identity. Public administration is rediscovering the sustainability as a key source and goal for strategic and organisational change by promoting the organisational dimension that relies on enhancing the quality of people as human resources, strengthening both the public manager as a leader and public servants as employees who are committed and motivated to public service. Managers as leaders help to drive public administration as an organisation which is able to proceed towards future as a sustainable public organisation which develops the quality of human capital and improves performances, supports public trust and enhances democratic life. Rediscovering the organisational dimension helps to develop the leadership as identity and source for ethical and transformational behaviours of a leader, and enables public managers to assume coherent values, attitudes and behaviours developing the leadership as central identity. Today, driving public administration requires effective public managers who are able to behave as ethical and transformational leaders who motivate, support and drive the employees at work.

scholarly journals Innovative Technologies for the Public Administration Transformation

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeriy Dovhan ◽  
Nataliia Hrushchynska ◽  
Olha Kudrina ◽  
Victoria Bozhkova ◽  
Tetiana Zaporozhets ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Transformation Processes

The purpose of this article is to analyze the processes of transformation of public administration systems through the use of innovative technologies to meet the needs of modern society and reduce the monopoly on management by the state authorities. From the standpoint of the inevitable impact dictated by current socio-economic conditions, the transformation processes are analyzed from the standpoint of economic expediency.The issues of the impact of innovative processes in the field of information technology on the traditional processes of public administration are considered. The prerequisites leading to the need for public administration transformation are described, and the main concepts and directions of this transformation are indicated.As a proposed innovative transformation technology, tools for digitalization of public administration are described, aimed at improving the quality of services provided, harmonizing relationships between public administration entities, as well as aimed at optimizing and redistributing powers from state to municipal authorities.

Analytical Capabilities of the Concept of "Competitiveness" in the Study of Public Administration Efficiency

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-68
Author(s):  
Oleh Zubchyk ◽  
Kyrylo Esennikov
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Efficiency ◽  
Country Competitiveness ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
The Relationship

The article analyzes various approaches to understanding the effectiveness of public administration, which are in foreign and Ukrainian scientific thought. The purpose of the article is to show that administrative efficiency is a component of the general social efficiency of public administration, so it can be studied with the help of analytical tools of competitiveness. The study found that administrative efficiency is often understood as the effectiveness of the organization and functioning of public administration. Administrative efficiency is also understood as the efficiency of management bodies and officials. The authors emphasize that the principles, criteria and factors of the study of effectiveness are very vague. This affects the objectivity of the reflection of the qualitative result of the activities of the public administration body. The scientific novelty of the study is that the authors offer new tools for the study of administrative efficiency. It competitiveness of the state. “Competitiveness” in the context of studying the effectiveness and efficiency of public administration, the subjects of public administration is not considered deeply in the Ukrainian science of public administration. Moreover, in Ukraine, the effectiveness of public administration is increasingly associated with the competencies of civil servants. The authors do not agree with this position and suggest a deeper analysis, firstly, the relationship between public administration efficiency and the country’s competitiveness and, secondly, a deeper study of the analytical capabilities of the theoretical and methodological construct “competitiveness”. Conclusions. As a result, the authors argue that the task of administrative efficiency as an indicator is to reflect an understanding of the activities of institutions, which depends on the efficiency and behavior of both public and private actors, a legal and administrative basis within which individuals, firms and governments interact. and it determines the quality of public institutions. Keywords: country competitiveness, efficiency, public administration, administration, state policy, concept.

scholarly journals Mapping of budget stress in Indonesia: Consequence on budget implementation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-57
Author(s):  
Ronald Tehupuring
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Budget Deficit ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Political Budget Cycle ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government

The phenomenon of a budget deficit in local governments at the provincial, regency, and city levels shows that there is budget stress. Budget stress is a regional fiscal condition reflected in the lower revenue budget, while regional expenditure is getting higher. The consequence of budget stress is low budget implementation, and it reduces the quality of services to the public. This study aims to map the regions experiencing budget stress at the local government levels. Furthermore, this study examines and analyzes the consequences of budgetary stress on budget implementation. The research sample used local governments at the provincial, regency, city levels throughout Indonesia during 2016-2020. This study uses Ordinary Least Square (OLS) to test the research hypothesis. This study groups the five regions with the highest budget stress during 2016-2020. The results of this study can contribute to the theory, methodology, and implementation related to the budget. The theory's contribution is that the political budget cycle can maintain government performance through various efforts to reduce budget stress. This study also found that budget stress can reduce budget implementation. Therefore, the government needs to pay attention to indicators of budget stress.

scholarly journals EUROPEAN IMPROVEMENT MODEL FOR CAF PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS – EXPERIENCE OF PILOT IMPLEMENTATION IN RUSSIA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Маркварт Эмиль ◽  
◽  
Маслов Дмитрий ◽  
Лаврова Татьяна ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Control Function ◽  
Performance Measurement System ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
Pilot Implementation

The need for a full-fledged performance measurement system in field of quality of the public administration in Russia remains on the agenda in the light of strategic initiatives for the development of the country. The existing approaches to quality assessment, based on ranking and rating, perform a control function, but do not give government bodies at various levels, local governments, public sector organizations the necessary tools to improve performance. In this regard, in recent years, Russia has been in search of models, methods of increasing efficiency and improving the quality of activities of state and municipal authorities and public sec-tor organizations. The article is devoted to one of the modern models of quality management in the field of public administration – the European model for improving the activities of public sector organizations through the self-assessment – the Common Assessment Framework (CAF model) and the possibilities of its application in Russia. The article was prepared as part of the research of the state assignment of the RANEPA.

scholarly journals THE EFFICIENCY OF ACTIVITIES OF PUBLIC COUNCIL IN THE AUTHORITIES OF THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY

2019 ◽  
pp. 125-128
Author(s):  
O. O. Vinnytskyi
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Effective Work ◽  
The Public ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Executive Authority ◽  
Current Stage

The current stage of development of Ukrainian statehood is characterized by increased attention to the issues of increasing the efficiency of the functioning of the public administration system. And this is natural because the direct link between the efficiency of the public sector and the effectiveness of the national economy of the state as a whole leads to the search and introduction of new approaches and technologies, continuous improvement of the quality of services provided to the population and satisfaction with the results of the activity of executive authorities and local self-government. The public sector, which participates in the formation and implementation of state policy, is no exception. It is the effective work of public councils with executive authorities that will increase the level of interaction between executive authorities and civil society. In this article, the author outlines the factors of effectiveness of the work of public councils in executive bodies, namely: the development and introduction of common standards and forms of cooperation between the public and the public administration; development of nation-wide mechanisms for the functioning of public councils in executive bodies; systematization and generalization of decisions of public councils in executive bodies; systematic analysis of the activities of public councils and their results for public discussion; introduction of standards for public reception offices. The author determines that the effectiveness of public councils in executive bodies is determined by assessing the effectiveness of activities under which the author proposes to understand the process of determining the quality of the subject’s activity, which is aimed at achieving the goals and tasks assigned to him, in accordance with the established competence, which allows obtaining information for further correction of his work. It is emphasized that the effectiveness of the activities of public councils in executive bodies depends on: creation of transparent and qualitatively formulated goals of work; development of a plan of activity aimed at achieving the goals that are the basis of the activities of public councils in executive bodies; performance of the adopted plan of activity; evaluation of achieved results; Adjusting the activities of the public council at executive bodies; creating new goals for future activities.

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