政府绩效评估的国际比较及启示——以美国、英国、日本和韩国为例

Institutional Comparison of Government Performance Evaluation Systems and Its Enlightenment to China:A Case Study of USA,UK,Japan and Korea

政府绩效评估已经成为政府治理的基本工具。本文选择美国、英国、日本和韩国的政府绩效评估系统进行比较制度分析。四国的制度环境不同,但政府绩效评估发展存在共性特征。四国经验的启示意义在于:授权专门机构负责绩效评估工作,推进政府绩效评估立法,引入绩效评估定级机制,将公众评价纳入评估系统,提升绩效信息透明度。

Government performance evaluation has become one of the core tools of New Public Manage- ment Movement. The paper makes comparative institutional analysis of government performance evalua- tion systems in US, UK, Japan and Korea. The four countries＇ practices of government performance e- valuation have gone through three stages： the initial exploration, full implementation, and the rule of law. The significance of the four countries＇ experience suggests that：it is necessary for China to en- hance the authority of specific agency that is responsible for government performance evaluation, to pro- mote performance measurement legislation, to design performance rating tools, to introduce public par- ticipation in performance measurement, and to enhance transparency of performance information.