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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154704303321

Titolo

Improving public services : international experiences in using evaluation tools to measure program performance / / edited by Douglas J. Besharov, Karen J. Baehler, Jacob Alex Klerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-19-064607-1

0-19-064606-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

International Policy Exchange Series

Classificazione

SOC025000POL019000

Disciplina

361.60684

Soggetti

Social service

Political planning

Performance standards

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Published in collaboration with the Center for International Policy Exchanges, University of Maryland.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- Douglas J. Besharov, Karen Baehler, Jacob Klerman -- Part 1: Unifying Themes -- 2. Modern Performance Measurement: Monitoring Program 'Outcomes' Instead of 'Impacts' -- Douglas J. Besharov, Douglas M. Call -- 3. Measuring and Managing Farther along in the Logic Model -- Karen Baehler, Jacob Klerman -- 4. Indicators, Assessments, and Benchmarking of the Quality and Governance of Public Human Development Services -- Ariel Fiszbein, Dena Ringold, Halsey Rogers -- 5. Does Measuring Performance Lead to Better Performance? -- Mary Bryna Sanger -- Part 2: National Applications -- 6. Top-Down Strategies for Service Improvement in UK Public Services -- James Downe, Steve Martin, Tony Bovaird -- 7. Quality Improvement and Performance Measurement in Israeli Social Services -- Tamar Zemach-Marom -- 8. Institutional Contexts and Service Delivery Reforms -- Ariel Fiszbein, Yasuhiko Matsuda -- 9. Performance-Based Payments in the Turkish Health System -- Gulbiye Yenimahalleli Yasar, Pinar Guven-Uslu -- Part 3: Performance Contracting -- 10. Holding Nonprofits Accountable for Accomplishments, Not Appearances -- Christina



Standerfer, Joseph Schafer -- 11. Welfare-to-Work Performance-Based Contracts in New York City -- Swati Desai, Lisa Garabedian, Karl Snyder -- 12. The Efficiency of Contracting Out Local Public Services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia -- Beata Mikusova Merickova, Juraj Nemec, Zuzana Vozarova -- 13. Workforce Development Program Performance over the US Business Cycle -- Kevin Hollenbeck, David Pavelchek -- Part 4: Conclusion -- 14. Using Logic Models to Strengthen Performance Measurement -- Douglas J. Besharov, Douglas M. Call -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume spotlights recent advances in the worldwide use of quantitative performance measures in the public sector, especially approaches that incorporate program evaluation techniques. Chapters include single-country case studies, multi-country comparisons, and thoughtful essays on the challenges of making performance measurement and management work in diverse settings.