The document discusses performance budgeting and defining performance in government. It provides definitions for key terms like inputs, outputs, outcomes, and indicators. Performance budgeting aims to create stronger links between resources and results, impact resource allocation decisions using performance information, and produce relevant performance data. Countries use various models of performance budgeting on a spectrum from contractual to program budgeting. The objectives are allocative efficiency, operational efficiency, and fiscal discipline through boosting performance and improving resource allocation decisions.

1. “The Vocabulary of Performance”ICGFMDecember 2-4, 2009CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARYAny use of this material without specific permission of The World Bank is strictly prohibitedJim Brumby

2. 1Table of ContentsA Transition of Complexity

3. Defining Performance

4. Inputs, Outputs, Outcomes, Indicators

5. Output and Indicator Characteristics

6. Is our concern solely with outputs?

7. Results Chain

8. Basic Concepts: Performance Budgeting

9. Objectives of Performance Budgeting

10. OECD Practices in Performance BudgetingA Transition of ComplexityPerformance & AccountabilityMission drivenCustomer drivenEmployee responsiveFlexiblePreventivePositive team focusControl & complianceRules governedLimited flexibilityNon-preventiveNegative focusControl of individualsA significant cultural & institutional changeGauging InterestsPerformance is for the most part determined by where you sitAs a purchaser of a service, your interests are typically different from those of the supplier of the service

11. Buyer of car; versus manufacturer of car

12. As a regulator, your interests are typically different from those of the regulated