What Counts Is What Is Counted: Performance Measurement and Its Consequences

Grant number: FT110100110 | Funding period: 2012 - 2016

Completed

Abstract

Measuring public sector performance is important as it potentially improves services and saves money, but it has become increasingly time and resource consuming. This project will analyse performance measurement and its consequences, and generate information on how governments can contain its growth and reduce its undesirable consequences.

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