Presented by Lonsdale (Director-General, Value for Money Audit at the National Audit Office, UK), Wilkins (Deputy Ombudsman for Western Australia), and Ling (Director for Evaluation and
Performance Audit, Rand Europe, UK), 15 chapters explore the development of performance audit regimes for measuring public sector performance in countries where performance auditing has a
significant and well-established tradition: Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Following an introduction to the world of the performance
audit, chapters discuss specific performance audit practices in individual countries, analyze the empirical evidence for what performance auditing contributes to government, and draw
conclusions. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
