Commentary: 'Playing the Wrong PART: The Program Assessment Rating Tool and the Functions of the President's Budget'

摘要

The extensive research that I and others did at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and at the International Monetary Fund indicates that countries-and the analysts who review them-often confuse performance budgeting with performance-informed budgeting. The former is much more involved with the allocation of resources based on achieved results. In the latter, performance information is important in the budget decision-making process, but it does not determine the amount of resources allocated, nor does it have a predefined weight in decisions. This confusion is evident in the application of Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) information in the United States, as described in Professor Joseph White's article.