Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy



Public Money & Management

Volume 24, Number 1

January 2004

Contents

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Editorial:
Public Money & Management Expands
Andrew Gray, Sandra Nutley, Jane Broadbent and Michaela Lavender

The Changing Face of Public Service Inspection
Steve Martin

Public Sector Accounting-Democratic Accountability or Market Rules?
Andy Wynne

Co-ordinating Spatial Planning and Transport
Julie Mills

THEME: PERFORMANCE

Editorial
Jane Broadbent

Articles

Are the 'Poor' Different? The Internal Characteristics of Local Authorities in the Five Comprehensive Performance Assessment Groups
George Boyne and Gareth Enticott

Analysing Deprivation and Local Authority Performance:
The Implications for (CPA)
Rhys Andrews

Railpolitik: The Financial Realities of Operating Britain's National Railways
Jean Shaoul

Which Ranking? The Impact of a 'Value-Added' Measure of Secondary School Performance
Deborah Wilson

Improving Local Government Performance: One Step Forward not Two Steps Back
Steven Jones

Performance Assessment of Public Sector Scientists
Keith Waldron

New Development Article
Comprehensive Performance Assessment-Springboard or Dead-Weight?
John Wilson

OTHER ARTICLES

Organizational Changes Resulting from the Privatization of State Enterprises
Kent Springdal and Martha Mador