Why public sector outsourcing is less efficient than Soviet central planning

Innes, Abby (2018) Why public sector outsourcing is less efficient than Soviet central planning. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (13 Jun 2018). Website.

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Since the 1990s, public sector outsourcing has evolved through competitive tendering, partnership working (particularly via Public Finance Initiatives), strategic-commissioning and prime-contracting. Each of these iterations has promised better public goods and services for less cost. Their practice, however, has frequently been marked by rising costs and lower service quality. Abby Innes explains why.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2018/06/13/why-p...
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author
Divisions:	European Institute
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
JEL classification:	H - Public Economics > H0 - General
Date Deposited:	29 Nov 2018 14:56
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 17:54
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/90910

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