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200 10$aPublic sector auditing$b[electronic resource] $eis it value for money? /$fSir John Bourn
210   $aChichester, England ;$aHoboken, NJ $cJohn Wiley & Sons$dc2007
215   $a1 online resource (428 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-470-05722-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [379]-390) and index.
327   $aIntroduction -- Why bureaucracy will never work -- The failure to analyse outcomes -- How effective audit can be secured : the auditor as [c]oach and mentor rather than critic and nark -- Privatisation : the alternative to bureaucracy? -- Public private partnerships : another option -- Regulations : bureaucracy's tentacles -- Meeting citizens' needs : quality of public services -- Risk averse or risk ignorant? -- Vulnerability to fraud, theft and corruption -- Programme and project management : bureaucracies' weakest link? -- Performance measurement : clarity or confusion? -- Organising the audit -- Concluding thoughts.
330   $aDrawing on 20 years of experience as Comptroller and Auditor General, and head of the United Kingdom National Audit Office, Public Sector Auditing: Is it Value for Money? is Sir John Bourn's own account of the role and influence value for money auditing has in holding governments to account and in helping public bodies improve the ways in which they deliver services. Key features include:In-depth case studies from UK, US, Canada, China, India and Australia;Detailed analysis of complex areas of public expenditure such as health, education, privatisation, regulation, defence
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