Evaluating public expenditure management systems
An experimental methodology with an application to the Australia and New Zealand reforms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11680525 |
|---|---|
| Authors | José Edgardo Campos (World Bank, corresponding author), Sanjay Kumar Pradhan (World Bank), Sanjay Pradhan (0000-0002-3873-999X) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 423-445 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0276-8739 • E-ISSN: 1520-6688 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/(sici)1520-6688(199722)16:3<423::aid-pam4>3.0.co;2-j |
| OpenAlex | W2097190320 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article examines how institutional arrangements affect the size, allocation, and use of public expenditures. It identifies a set of arrangements that can address underlying problems and affect three levels of expenditure outcomes - aggregate fiscal discipline, strategic prioritization, and technical efficiency in the use of resources. A diagnostic questionnaire is constructed which produces index values for each arrangement. This methodology is used to analyze the radical reforms introduced by New Zealand and Australia. The results show that New Zealand sought to achieve aggregate fiscal discipline and enhance technical efficiency through formal mechanisms for transparency and accountability. The Australian reforms sought to improve strategic prioritization through transparency of the medium-term costs of competing policies, and the devolution of detailed program decisions to line ministries within hard budgets
Accountability · Affect (linguistics · Business · Devolution (biology · Economics · Macroeconomics · Management science · Political science · Prioritization · Public economics · Public expenditure · Public finance · Sociology · Transparency (behavior · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Policy and Administration Research · Accounting · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2004 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |