Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy



Public Money & Management

Why read PMM?

‘It seems fitting that my first paper as I move from being a CIPFA accountant to an academic post should be published in a CIPFA journal, one I started reading as a CIPFA student many moons ago’.
Clare Butler, Newcastle University Business School, UK

‘I genuinely believe that PMM is the best public administration journal in the UK and stands in the top league internationally. The articles are always clearly written, interesting and of real policy value’.
David Parker, UK Government Official Historian of Privatisation; Emeritus Professor, Cranfield University, UK

‘PMM is essential reading for academics who wish to be informed by practice and for practitioners who wish to be informed by the most recent rigorous research. Over the past 30 years it has made a significant contribution to knowledge about all aspects of the public sector and has helped to shape the policy agenda of many countries’.
Peter M. Jackson, University of Leicester, UK

‘PMM is not just for the British and it is not just for practitioners. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of the contemporary public sector’.
B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, USA

'No periodical treats its authors better or gives quicker turnaround. The articles it publishes are smart, to the point, and relentlessly timely, combing both relevance and rigor. A+ in my book!'
Fred Thompson, Willamette University, USA

'PMM is one of the few publications I receive that contains articles worth referring back to months after you first read them'.
Steve Bundred, Monitor, UK

'PMM achieves a rare and valuable trick in bringing together academics working on public policy who really want to communicate to the field with reflective practitioners who are keen to access the key messages of research. I have found it a key journal for disseminating ideas and findings about public policy and management'.
Ewan Ferlie, King's College London, UK

'PMM has high impact with academics. It also has high impact with policy makers and practitioners. And it helps to create understanding and synergy between both of these worlds. Combined with its acute sense of what matters most, and its accessible format, all of this makes PMM a very valuable resource'.
Clive Grace, Solace Foundation Imprint, UK

'This is the second paper I have with PMM, and I must say I am impressed with the speed and service you provide. It is a pleasure to publish in PMM. I have also been a reader and user of PMM papers since 1996, and I think you do a superb job in finding good papers well aimed at both practitioners and academics'.
Åge Johnsen, Oslo University College, Norway

'I had no idea that my January 2003 Public Money & Management paper would give rise to so many derivatives: it has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and French'.
James L. Chan, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

'PMM has really found that difficult balance between practitioner relevance and academic rigour'.
Christopher Pollitt, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

'PMM is essential reading for all those concerned with the future of our public services'.
Tony Wright, former MP, UK