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The purpose of this study is to examine the development of comprehensive performance assessment(CPA) regarded as a tool of evaluating local governments' public service performances in England in terms of its structure and outcomes. This study also examines the implications of CPA on the Joint Evaluation which has been initiated by the Korean government to achieve the same goal. Thus, this study briefly reviews the development of Korea's Joint Evaluation system in terms of its objects, steps, and areas, and then finds some implications of CPA on the Joint Evaluation.
This paper argues that England's CPA gives some lessons to Korea's Joint Evaluation system. Those lessons are associated with the following aspects: moderation of assessment demands initiated by the central government, enhancement of performance through an assessment, expansion of local governments' autonomy, graduated incentive system, establishment of recovery plan written by poorly performing local governments, strict assessment of performance, and openness and fairness of assessment outcomes.
