Introducing Indicators in the Italian State Budget Process

Serena Lamartina (), Fabrizio Mocavini () and Aline Pennisi
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Serena Lamartina: Italian Ministry of Economics and Finance, Rome
Fabrizio Mocavini: Italian Ministry of Economics and Finance, Rome

Rivista di Politica Economica, 2008, vol. 98, issue 5, 413-

Abstract: In the past decade, growing concern for fiscal developments and the performance of the public sector has urged several countries to make a closer link between government budgets and measurable indicators on the quantity and quality of services delivered and on their impact on socio-economic variables. In Italy, central administrations are required to accompany the State budget with "preliminary notes" specifying the objectives they intend to pursue with public funds and the indicators used to measure the results achieved. However, performance measurement is still weak and this review shows that a huge gap still exists between theory and practice.

Keywords: performance budgeting; indicators; public resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H50 H61 H83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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