<![CDATA[FAROLFORUM]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/ Overblog - https://www.over-blog.com <![CDATA[Latest Diplomatic Crisis impacts Dubai City]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/07/latest-diplomatic-crisis-impacts-dubai-city.html Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:06:08 +0200 <![CDATA[More Plastic than Fish in the Sea by 2050]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/07/more-plastic-than-fish-in-the-sea-by-2050.html Tue, 04 Jul 2017 21:44:18 +0200 <![CDATA[Potential Impact of the 4IR on Human Mobility]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/07/potential-impact-of-the-4ir-on-human-mobility.html Tue, 04 Jul 2017 21:17:54 +0200 <![CDATA[Armenia and Turkey 2 neighbouring countries of the MENA]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/07/armenia-and-turkey-2-neighbouring-countries-of-the-mena.html Tue, 04 Jul 2017 20:13:24 +0200 <![CDATA[A Clean Energy Revolution is Underway]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/05/a-clean-energy-revolution-is-underway.html Fri, 12 May 2017 22:37:05 +0200 <![CDATA[France’s presidential elections impacting Algeria]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/05/france-s-presidential-elections-impacting-algeria.html Tue, 09 May 2017 23:46:39 +0200 <![CDATA[Green and Climate Resilient Development]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/05/green-development-through-sustainability-as-the-main-parameter-could-nowadays-be-generally-said-to-be-adopted-by-all-countries-so-as Thu, 04 May 2017 22:26:10 +0200 <![CDATA[MENA region from ‘the Gulf to the Atlantic’]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/05/mena-region-from-the-gulf-to-the-atlantic.html Thu, 04 May 2017 22:20:32 +0200 <![CDATA[The United Kingdom gave up its use of coal]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/05/the-united-kingdom-gave-up-its-use-of-coal.html Thu, 04 May 2017 22:07:43 +0200 <![CDATA[Europe – North Africa Cooperation in High Education]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/05/europe-north-africa-cooperation-in-high-education.html Tue, 02 May 2017 22:15:20 +0200 <![CDATA[ Opportunity in Government Productivity Analysis by Faro | Apr 21, 2017 | Democracy, Developed Countries, Diversification of the economy, Education & Culture, Governance, Government Policy/Regulation/Legislation | 0 comments Opportunity in Government Productivity Analysis All leaders in all countries of the MENA region would be well inspired in reading this write up of McKinsley Center for Government (MCG). It is a closer look at through a review of all sectors opportunity in government productivity analysis and in its report’s executive summary, it (MCG) as ‘a global hub for research, collaboration, and innovation in government productivity and performance’ holds that ‘its mission is to help governments and non-governmental institutions improve the lives of citizens worldwide and to help solve the world’s most pressing economic and social issues.’ In a few words, the report studied ways that productivity and opportunity for improvement in various developed countries government departments, etc. is measured. It also showed shortcomings and / or limited progress on measuring government productivity when comparing these countries’ differing performances as it were of certain obvious sectors of governement activities literally department by department. The opportunity in government productivity Governments face a pressing question: How to do more with less? Raising productivity could save $3.5 trillion a year—or boost outcomes at no extra cost. Higher costs and rising demand have driven rapid increases in spending on core public services such as education, healthcare, and transport—while countries must grapple with complex challenges such as population aging, economic inequality, and protracted security concerns. Government expenditure amounts to more than a third of global GDP, budgets are strained, and the world public-sector deficit is close to $4 trillion a year At the same time, governments are struggling to meet citizens’ rising expectations. Satisfaction with key state services, such as public transportation, schools, and healthcare facilities, is less than half that of nonstate providers, such as banks or utilities. Governments need a way to deliver better outcomes—and a better experience for citizens—at a sustainable cost. A new paper by the McKinsey Center for Government (MCG), Government productivity: Unlocking the $3.5 trillion opportunity, suggests that goal is within reach. It shows that several countries have achieved dramatic productivity improvements in recent years—for example, by improving health, public safety, and education outcomes while maintaining or even reducing spending per capita or per student in those sectors. If other countries were to match the improvements already demonstrated in these pockets of excellence, the world’s governments could potentially save as much as $3.5 trillion a year by 2021—equivalent to the entire global fiscal gap. Alternatively, countries could choose to keep spending constant while boosting the quality of key services. For example, if all the countries studied had improved the productivity of their healthcare systems at the rate of comparable best performers over the past 5 years, they would have added 1.4 years to the healthy life expectancy of their combined populations. That translates into 12 billion healthy life years gained, without additional per capita spending. It’s imperative that governments find a way to unlock that productivity opportunity. The challenge is that, until now, there’s been limited progress on measuring government productivity—even though productivity is a well-established and vital measure of the performance of national economies and private-sector businesses. As a result, it is difficult for governments to gauge the true return on spending, and debate is often focused on how to increase inputs and not the quality of outputs. Governments typically find it challenging to identify improvement opportunities by learning from other countries, or from other regions or sectors within the same country. To help close this gap, MCG built a comprehensive database and benchmarking methodology—the Government Productivity Scope—to start to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of government expenditure. MCG applied the tool across 42 countries that together make up 80 percent of global GDP, focusing on seven sectors: healthcare; primary, secondary, and tertiary education; public safety; road transport; and tax collection. The research was supplemented with insights from more than 50 interviews with government leaders and more than 200 case studies. This paper presents the first version of MCG’s analysis, which we will continue to extend and refine in dialogue with government leaders and academic experts. The initial findings point to dramatic differences in countries’ relative productivity. Even among comparable countries with very similar outcomes, the least-efficient government currently spends more than twice as much per unit of output as its most-efficient peer. And while most countries have struggled to contain spending growth, in every sector MCG found examples of governments that have reduced expenditure per unit while experiencing improved outcomes. These differences point to a tremendous opportunity for governments to boost productivity, save money, and achieve better outcomes for citizens. To realize that opportunity, though, governments need to deepen their functional capabilities in four key areas: finance, commercial, digital technology and data analytics, and talent management. As MCG shows, pioneering countries have reimagined and strengthened these functions so they play a more strategic leadership role in pursuing efficiency and improving outcomes. Across these areas, those governments have adopted an ambitious, structured approach to transform the effectiveness of the state.]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/05/opportunity-in-government-productivity-analysis-by-faro-apr-21-2017-democracy-developed-countries-diversification-of-the-economy-edu Tue, 02 May 2017 21:50:31 +0200 <![CDATA[Fossil loaded Urbanisation of the Gulf Desert Shoreline]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/05/fossil-loaded-urbanisation-of-the-gulf-desert-shoreline.html Tue, 02 May 2017 21:28:15 +0200 <![CDATA[Relevance of Elitist Higher Education in the Middle East]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/01/relevance-of-elitist-higher-education-in-the-middle-east.html Sun, 29 Jan 2017 23:32:50 +0100 <![CDATA[Bracing for the oil, food and financial crash of 2018]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/01/bracing-for-the-oil-food-and-financial-crash-of-2018.html Sun, 29 Jan 2017 23:25:47 +0100 <![CDATA[Face of Major Cities and how it will affect our Lives]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/01/face-of-major-cities-and-how-it-will-affect-our-lives.html Sat, 21 Jan 2017 22:58:32 +0100 <![CDATA[Return to protectionism, in this day and age, is it feasible ?]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/01/return-to-protectionism-in-this-day-and-age-is-it-feasible.html Sat, 21 Jan 2017 22:52:55 +0100 <![CDATA[Algeria’s accession to the World Trade Organisation]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/01/algeria-s-accession-to-the-world-trade-organisation.html Sat, 21 Jan 2017 22:44:12 +0100 <![CDATA[Incorporating Social Sciences in STEM Disciplines]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2017/01/incorporating-social-sciences-in-stem-disciplines.html Thu, 05 Jan 2017 00:04:42 +0100 <![CDATA[Morality of Leaders as factor of stability]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2016/12/morality-of-leaders-as-factor-of-stability.html Tue, 27 Dec 2016 22:37:56 +0100 <![CDATA[White Christmas in the Saharan Algeria]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2016/12/white-christmas-in-the-saharan-algeria.html Tue, 27 Dec 2016 22:30:36 +0100 <![CDATA[Year 2016 Review using 12 Charts]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2016/12/year-2016-review-using-12-charts.html Sun, 25 Dec 2016 23:12:51 +0100 <![CDATA[Cities and the Rise of the Sharing Economy]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2016/12/cities-and-the-rise-of-the-sharing-economy.html Sun, 25 Dec 2016 23:07:09 +0100 <![CDATA[Global Development’s Winners 2016]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2016/12/global-development-s-winners-2016.html Sun, 25 Dec 2016 23:01:27 +0100 <![CDATA[16 events that will shape 2017]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2016/12/16-events-that-will-shape-2017.html Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:16:35 +0100 <![CDATA[Qatar’s policy of qatarisation]]> https://farolaz.over-blog.com/2016/12/qatar-s-policy-of-qatarisation.html Tue, 20 Dec 2016 22:28:47 +0100