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    The document discusses the use of indicators to measure government performance and spending over time. It provides data on government expenditures as a percentage of GDP from 2000 to 2009, the distribution of spending across different levels of government from 2000 to 2009, and how spending is allocated across different functions in OECD countries in 2008. Additional data shows trends in government employment, the structure of production costs, the aging government workforce, and estimated reductions needed to stabilize government debt levels by 2025. The document also outlines current quality of life indicators used and future plans to measure implementation of policies and citizen perceptions.

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    What needs to be measured: the role of indicators

    Zsuzsanna Lonti
    Head of Unit- Statistics & Indicators Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development
    February 22-23rd, Brussels

    What is the reach of government and how is it changing over time?


    General government expenditures as a pct. of GDP (2000, 2007, and 2009)

    Source: Government at a Glance 2011 (forthcoming), extracted from OECD National Accounts Database.

    Where is it spent? At what level of government?


    Distribution of general government expenditures across levels of government (2000 and 2009)

    Source: Government at a Glance 2011 (forthcoming), extracted from OECD National Accounts Database.

    What is it spent on?


    General government expenditures by function (2008, OECD27)

    Source: Government at a Glance 2011 (forthcoming), extracted from OECD National Accounts Database.

    Government Employment
    Government employment is sticky!
    Employment in general government as a percentage of the labour force (2000 and 2008)

    Source: Government at a Glance 2011 (forthcoming), extracted from ILO.

    Structure of the Cost of Production (2009)

    Source: OECD National Accounts Statistics.

    An ageing workforce will offer some relief to budgets


    Percentage of central government employees aged 50 years or older

    Source: Government at a Glance 2011 (forthcoming), OECD HRM Survey 2010.

    Ambitious reduction targets will require great consolidation efforts


    Estimated cumulative change required in the underlying primary balance in order to stabilise debt by 2025 (pct. of potential GDP)

    Source: Government at a Glance 2011 (forthcoming), extracted from OECD Economic Outlook 88.

    Quality of Life indicators in Government at a Glance 2011


    Various income distribution measures Equity of access to education Equity of access to health care Conflict of interest rules Transparency in governance Green procurement Working conditions in central government Role of unions in restructuring

    Future plans
    Move from measuring existence of laws to actual implementation of them Possible future indicators
    quality of service delivery citizen participation in policy making trust in public institutions perceptions of corruption

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