Performance or Compliance? - Pollitt, Christopher (Professor of Public Management, Professor of Public Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam) a Girre, Xavier (Manager at the Cours des Comptes in Paris, Assistant Professor in Economy, Manager at the Cours des Comptes in Paris, Assis

Performance audit is now in fashion, but has in the past been a somewhat closed world, little studied by outsiders. Now an international team of researchers has studied the work of five national audit offices -- France, Finland, The Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK. The picture thus revealed contains elements of technical innovation, methodological challenge, and crucial strategic choice.