지방자치단체 민간위탁사업에 대한 평가: 충청북도를 대상으로

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the contracting out of local public services to the private sector. Because the contract out is one of the most efficient arrangements to produce and provide local public services. One problems that the local governments experienced in producing public services is inefficiency. Since the end of 1997, the Korean local governments in IMF situations, have tried to vitalize the business-oriented public services delivery system as a way to reform public organizations and inefficiency. The local governments prefer a strategy of contracting out to produce and provide better services with lower costs in the public service area. This study attempts to explore the management processes of producing and providing local government sevices and to provide people with better understanding of the its practices. Additionally, this study includes the cases of contracting out of public facilities and services to private sectors in Chungcheongbuk-Do.