Is New Public Management Really Dead?

This article, originally presented as a keynote speech at the June 2009 meeting of the OECD Working Party of Senior Budget Officials, explores the state of new public management from the perspective of current political theory and presents relevant findings from a 2009 OECD comparative study, “Value for Money”. JEL classification: H830. Keywords: New public management; NPM; public administration; Dunleavy; public governance reform; value for money.