- Author
- Urban Institute
- Title
- Comparative Productivity Analysis of Local Governments: Some Findings and an Agenda for Future National Efforts.
- Coporate
- Urban Institute, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Keywords
- fire protection | waste disposal
- Identifiers
- solid wastes
- Abstract
- Our research has identified a number of steps that are needed and feasible for undertaking, on a national basis, local government productivity measurements. There are a number of problems that keep the proposed measurement effort far from ideal. However, with proper care, significant improvements should be possible over currently available information. We are not able to provide positive proof that such comparative productivity measurement and analysis would pay dividends, but there is enough potential utility to the nation in guiding productivity improvement efforts that it seems well worth testing in a full-scale effort.