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Enhancing public sector efficiency and effectiveness in the Czech Republic

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  • Christine Lewis
  • Falilou Fall

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Spending on public administration itself is relatively low and so are indicators of its performance. Challenges include wastage in public procurement, insufficient management of the investment cycle and high levels of staff turnover. This paper considers ways of building on recent reforms, including better procedures for EU-financed projects and the new Civil Service Act, to raise the efficiency and effectiveness of the public sector. Performance monitoring is underused but could help drive improvements in service delivery. The structure of local government, which includes over 6 200 municipalities, exacerbates the challenges of the public administration by complicating co-ordination and stretching capacity. Accordingly, the second part of the paper focuses on ways of improving the efficiency and quality of public service delivery and realising greater benefits from decentralisation. Rendre le secteur public plus efficient et fonctionnel dans la République tchèque Les dépenses consacrées à l'administration publique proprement dite sont relativement faibles, et il en va de même de ses performances. Parmi les défis à relever, on peut citer notamment des gaspillages dans les marchés publics, une gestion insatisfaisante du cycle d'investissement et une rotation rapide des personnels. Le présent article est consacré aux moyens qui permettraient de prolonger les réformes récentes, en s’appuyant par exemple sur une amélioration des procédures qui régissent les projets financés par l'UE et sur la nouvelle loi sur la fonction publique, qui vise à rendre le secteur public plus efficace et plus efficient. Le suivi des résultats est peu pratiqué alors qu'il pourrait entraîner des progrès dans la prestation des services. La structure des collectivités locales, avec plus de 6 200 communes, aggrave les problèmes d'administration publique en compliquant la coordination et en dispersant les capacités. La deuxième partie de l’article porte donc sur les moyens d'améliorer l'efficience et la qualité de la prestation de services publics ainsi que de mieux tirer parti de la décentralisation.

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  • Christine Lewis & Falilou Fall, 2017. "Enhancing public sector efficiency and effectiveness in the Czech Republic," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1363, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1363-en
    DOI: 10.1787/37ac46c4-en
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    1. Qi, Yu & Yu, Jinliang & Yang, Shubo & Xie, Xiaoyi, 2022. "Local government consumption and firm performance: Evidence from the "TPCs" in China," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    2. Sedmihradská Lucie, 2018. "Inter-Municipal Cooperation in the Czech Republic: A Public Finance Perspective," NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, Sciendo, vol. 11(2), pages 153-170, December.

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    Keywords

    infrastructure; intergovernmental relations; local public services; public administration;
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    JEL classification:

    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
    • H57 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Procurement
    • H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
    • H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe

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