Review Article on Growing the Productivity of Government Services (2nd Edition)

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Abstract

This review article evaluates the second edition of Growing the Productivity of Government Services by Patrick Dunleavy and Leandro Carrera (Edward Elgar, 2019), which updates the first edition (2013) with new material on digital government and extends the analysis to a broader set of countries. The reviewer finds the updated edition maintains the strengths of the original — practical application of Atkinson Review principles, concrete UK agency case studies — while adding valuable material on digital government transformation. The reviewer emphasizes that measuring government output remains the fundamental prerequisite for improving productivity.

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