Benchmarking the financial performance of local councils in Ireland

It was over a quarter of a century ago that information from the financial statements was used to benchmark the efficiency and effectiveness of local government in the US. With the global adoption of New Public Management ideas, benchmarking practice spread to the public sector and has been employed...

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Main Authors: Robbins Geraldine, Turley Gerard, McNena Stephen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-05-01
Series:Administration
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/admin-2016-0009