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This chapter discusses the importance of improving public sector productivity and assesses how it can be measured1. It explains the market failures and equity considerations that can justify government involvement in the funding and provision of key services and the problems which must be overcome to increase public sector productivity.
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Balls, E., Grice, J., O’Donnell, G. (2004). Public Services Productivity: An Analysis. In: Balls, E., Grice, J., O’Donnell, G. (eds) Microeconomic Reform in Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230518339_16
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