Financing and Managing Public Services: An Assessment. by Grout, P, Stevens, M

“…Public services can be, and are, delivered according to a variety of different arrangements. …”

Choice and competition in public service provision by Besley, T, Malcomson, J

Public service provision, user fees, and political turmoil by Fafchamps, M, Minten, B

For Public Service or Money : Understanding Geographical Imbalances in the Health Workforce. by Serneels, P, Lindelow, M, Garcia-Montalvo, J, Barr, A

The impact of public services on health care and morbidity: evidence from Kenya by Appleton, S

Autonomy and Regulatory Frameworks of Public Service Media in the triangle of politics, the public, and economy:A comparative Approach by Nowak, E

“…Traditional regulatory frameworks for public service broadcasters in Europe are challenged by developments in media technology, media use, and media economy. …”

The interaction of public assets, private assets and community characteristics and its effect on early childhood height-for-age in Peru by Escobal, J, Saavedra, J, Suárez, P, Huttly, S, Penny, M, Lanata, C, Villar, E

Subjects: “…Public services…”

Efficiency in the GCC by Espinoza, R

“…In addition, when subsidies are very large, they create additional distortions because households prefer to queue for subsidies (e.g. public service jobs, subsidized mortgages in Saudi Arabia) rather than participate in private markets. …”

The ability to go about without shame : a proposal for internationally comparable indicators of shame and humiliation by Zavaleta, D

“…The indicators are the following: whether respondents would feel shame if they were poor; levels of shame proneness; perceptions of respectful treatment, unfair treatment and prejudiced treatment; whether respondents perceive that their ethnic, racial or cultural background affects their chances of getting jobs, public services and education; whether respondents perceive that economic conditions affect their chances of getting jobs, public services and education; and levels of accumulated humiliation.…”

The Role of Ethnic Identity and Economic Issues in the 2007 Kenyan Elections. by Gutiérrez-Romero, R

“…Those who identify themselves in terms of their ethnicity were influenced the most by access to public services. This evidence supports theories that suggest ethnic identity is a proxy used by voters to assess which candidate will give them greater access to public goods.…”

New Labour's economic policy by Glyn, A, Wood, S

“…Labour's policies on training and on industrial relations imply greater responsibility for individuals and employers, rather than the state, and private sector solutions with regard to investment in and management of industry and services - even traditionally public services - are instinctively preferred.…”

Structural change under New Labour by Glyn, A, Coutts, K, Rowthorn, B

“…The decline in the importance of tradeable goods production in providing employment has continued in the past decade; distribution, public services and business and financial services all provide more jobs than tradeable goods. …”

Insecurity and welfare by Fafchamps, M, Minten, B

“…We further find a significant effect of insecurity on the provision of certain public services, notably schooling and health care, and in the placement of development projects. …”

The ABC: a case study in updating PSB in politically polarised and cash-strapped times by Levy, D

“…Public service broadcasters frequently have to decide how to invest in digital to reach more diverse and younger audiences, whilst not alienating loyal audiences and political stakeholders or antagonising commercial providers. …”

Maternal migration and child well-being in Peru by Escobal, J, Flores, E

“…Those channels are the income channel, as migration may lead to new incomegenerating opportunities; the information channel, as migration may allow the mother to access more information about child-care and health-related practices; and the access to services channel, as migration may facilitate or hinder access to key public services.…”

Promoting Group Justice: Fiscal Policies in Post-Conflict Countries. by Stewart, F, Cobham, A, Brown, G

“…Expenditure planning can also be designed to help create equity in income and non-income resources, such as public services, employment, health and education. The role of aid donors is discussed, particularly as a source of successful strategies gleaned from other post-conflict countries.This study is part of a series on Public Finance in Post-Conflict Environments, published jointly by PERI and New York University's Center on International Cooperation.…”

Relationships, happiness and well-being: insights from Bangladesh by Camfield, L, Choudhury, K, Devine, J

“…This includes ‘developed’ countries where people have larger per capita incomes and can access a wider range of public services and goods. The paper explores this apparent paradox by analysing primary quantitative and qualitative data, and engaging with existing literature on happiness and objective wellbeing in Bangladesh. …”

When Can School Inputs Improve Test Scores? by Das, J, Dercon, S, Habyarimana, J, Krishnan, P

“…This paper--a product of Public Services, Development Research Group--is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the role of governments in improving the delivery of basic services.…”

Structural Change under New Labour. by Coutts, K, Glyn, A, Rowthorn, B

“…The North of the country lost more industrial jobs than the South, but since 2000 the North has seen a greater expansion of jobs in public services and also finance and business services. …”

Does Oil Corrupt? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in West Africa by Vicente, P

“…For this objective we conducted purposely-designed household surveys on perceived corruption in the public services/sector. These were carried out in São Tomé and Príncipe and in Cape Verde, a control West African country sharing strong cultural ties and important contemporary economic/political shocks. …”