Public spending in general is badly managed, services are poor, privatisation has languished, and the tax system is riddled with exemptions.Hopes for fiscal reform and deficit-cutting rested mainly on Mr Miller's finance minister, Grzegorz Kolodko until he quit on June 11th, outmanoeuvred by his rival, Jerzy Hausner, the economics minister, who wants a looser fiscal policy to stimulate demand.
Just as there is a tendency for denial in Labour that the party's own supporters suffer at the hands of unresponsive, badly managed public services, there is a Tory tendency to imagine that resentment over price-gouging and fat-cattery in the private sector is just a nervous tic on the face of envious lefties.
Countries such as America, Denmark, New Zealand and the Netherlands do better (see chart) in terms of the protection they get for the amount they spend.Britain's fire service is badly managed (as the fiasco over the current pay negotiations highlights).
AS executive director of the Community Resource Exchange, which provides management and technical advice to nonprofits in New York City, Fran Barrett acknowledges that she has seen "quite a few" nonprofits that are "badly managed, not current, or offer mediocre services".
Like much in DR Congo, it is old, run-down, badly managed and in desperate need of an overhaul.
Under attack for being badly managed and charging too much, a venerable British institution hit back last week by claiming its service and presenters offered great value for money: "For us, though, it's never been about the money.
"While the right type of immigration can stimulate growth, badly managed migration has led to serious social impacts in some areas, with pressure being placed on key public services such as schools, the health service, transport, housing and welfare".
FGD participants suspected that drugs were being badly managed and/or purposely redirected towards private provision by the same providers serving at the public facilities.
"Her restaurant was badly managed.
The withdrawal was badly managed and chaotic.
"It's just very badly managed".
