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Author:   Alfred Ho (University of Kansas, USA) ,  Maarten de Jong ,  Zaozao Zhao (The National Academy of Economic Strategy, CASS)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9781138483293

ISBN 10:   113848329
Pages:   318
Publication Date:   20 June 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of figures List of tables List of contributors Section I. Theories of Performance Budgeting 1. Rethinking Performance Budgeting: Presumed Dead or Alive and Well? Alfred T. Ho, University of Kansas, USA and Maarten de Jong, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2. Six Theoretical Perspectives on Performance Budgeting Alfred T. Ho, University of Kansas, USA 3. Budget Reform Dynamics and Conceptualization of Reform Space Maarten de Jong, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands Section II. Synthesizing Lessons from High-Income Countries 4. Performance Budgeting in the U.S: A Long History of Institutional Change Alfred T. Ho, University of Kansas, USA 5. The Evolution of Performance Budgeting amidst Other Public Financial Management Reforms in Australia and the Netherlands Andrew Podger, Australia National University, Australia, and Maarten de Jong, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands 6. Linking Strategic National Planning with Performance-Based Budgeting: Republic of Korea Under the Developmental-State Era Tobin Im and Jay H. Kwon, Seoul National University, South Korea 7. Lessons about Integrating Performance with Budgeting in High-Income Countries: An Evolving Exercise Maarten de Jong, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Alfred T. Ho, University of Kansas, USA Section III. Synthesizing Lessons from Low and Middle-Income Countries 8. The Long History of Performance Budgeting in the Philippines Mary Venner, University of Canberra, Australia 9. Performance-based Budgeting System and Performance Evaluation in Mexico Edgar E. Romirez and Gabriel Puron-Cid, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Mexico 10. The Evolution of Performance Budgeting Reform in Chile Juan Pablo Martínez Guzmán, University of Maryland, USA 11. Performance Budgeting Reform in Indonesia: Brief History, Progress, and Lessons Learned Aichiro Suryo Prabowo, University of Indonesia, Indonesia 12. The Evolution of Performance Budgeting Initiative in Guangdong, China Wenbin Li, South China University of Technology, China 13. Performance Budgeting Reform of a Chinese City: The Roles of External Pressure and Leadership Zaozao Zhao, the National Academy of Economic Strategy, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, PRC and Alfred T. Ho, University of Kansas, USA 14. Third-Party Evaluation and Performance Budgeting Reform: A Chinese Case Study Zaozao Zhao, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Wen Fan, Dataway Horizon, China 15. Performance Budgeting in Kenya: Challenges of Institutional Change and Communication Processes Frankline Muthomi and Kurt Thurmaier, Northern Illinois University, USA 16. Performance Budgeting Reform in Tunisia Maarten de Jong, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands 17. Performance Budgeting Challenges in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Afghanistan Mary Venner, University of Canberra, Australia 18. Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Right-Sizing the Reform Alfred T. Ho, University of Kansas, USA, and Maarten de Jong, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands Section IV. The Future of Performance Budgeting Reform 19. From Practice to Theory: The Future of Performance Budgeting Research Alfred T. Ho, University of Kansas, USA, and Maarten de Jong, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands 20. Tools of Performance Budgeting: Applying the Lessons Learned Maarten de Jong, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Alfred T. Ho, University of Kansas, USA

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This book reinvents visions on `performance budgeting'(PB) in many ways. From its much broader scope of `performance-based budget management', it connects six theoretical frames, it assesses real impact, beyond financial management, and it shows real differences between high, middle, and low income countries. This is a `high-impact' book because reform policy makers will be convinced to see and use PB in a different way. Academics will adjust their research agendas to also include PB in explaining transformations of organisations, institutions, and politics. Geert Bouckaert, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, and President of IIAS With this book, Ho, De Jong, and Zhao have made a significant contribution to our understanding of performance budgeting. It is a welcome addition in particular because its cases plow new ground, with three times the number of chapters on low and middle income countries as on wealthy ones. Further, it is not a book that will appeal to only a narrow audience. Academics, practitioners and students-indeed, anyone who cares about effective government--will find much of interest in this book. Philip G. Joyce, University of Maryland, USA This book contains important and well researched insights into the many practical challenges of linking the budget process to performance management in the government sector, as well as theoretical constructs that are helpful, for example in identifying the reform space for performance budgeting. It makes a convincing case that despite frustrations with the performance of performance budgeting itself the reform has staying power so the real question is how to do it. Unlike most previous research on the topic this book has a strong focus on experience in middle and lower income countries and should be of particular interest to those governments and to development agencies supporting performance budgeting reforms. Ivor Beazley, World Bank Group, Washington DC

"""This book reinvents visions on ‘performance budgeting’(PB) in many ways. From its much broader scope of ‘performance-based budget management’, it connects six theoretical frames, it assesses real impact beyond financial management, and it shows real differences between high, middle, and low-income countries. This is a ‘high-impact’ book because reform policy makers will be convinced to see and use PB in a different way. Academics will adjust their research agendas to also include PB in explaining transformations of organizations, institutions, and politics."" Geert Bouckaert, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, and President of IIAS ""With this book, Ho, De Jong, and Zhao have made a significant contribution to our understanding of performance budgeting. It is a welcome addition in particular because its cases plow new ground, with three times the number of chapters on low and middle-income countries as on wealthy ones. Further, it is not a book that will appeal to only a narrow audience. Academics, practitioners, and students—indeed, anyone who cares about effective government--will find much of interest in this book."" Philip G. Joyce, University of Maryland, USA ""This book contains important and well researched insights into the many practical challenges of linking the budget process to performance management in the government sector, as well as theoretical constructs that are helpful, for example in identifying the reform space for performance budgeting. It makes a convincing case that despite frustrations with the performance of performance budgeting itself the reform has staying power so the real question is how to do it. Unlike most previous research on the topic this book has a strong focus on experience in middle- and lower-income countries and should be of particular interest to those governments and to development agencies supporting performance budgeting reforms."" Ivor Beazley, World Bank Group, Washington DC"

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Alfred Tat- Kei Ho is a professor of public administration at the School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. His research focuses primarily on budgeting and financial management, performance management and governance, and e-government. He has produced many journal articles, book chapters, and peer- reviewed conference proceedings in these areas, as well as numerous research reports for local governments, foundations, and international organizations, including the Asian Development Bank, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the National Science Foundation (U.S.), the IBM Center for the Business of Government, the William T. Kemper Foundation, and U.S. local governments in the states of Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri. Maarten De Jong is a research affiliate and guest lecturer of the Het Zijstra Center for Public Control, Governance, and Leadership at Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam. Since 2018, he has also been a public sector performance expert at the Dutch Court of Audit, and was a senior budget specialist of the Dutch Ministry of Finance in 2007–2018. In addition, Dr. De Jong is a researcher, consultant, and lecturer of various international organizations, including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the European Commission, and has provided technical assistance to 12 countries. He holds Masters in both Business Administration and Public Sector Control and earned his Ph.D. in Public Administration at Erasmus University, Rotterdam. His research focuses on the impact of budget reform, budget institutions, and the use of performance information by public agencies. His publications have appeared in both professional and academic journals, such as the OECD Journal on Budgeting and Public Administration Review . Zaozao Zhao is an associate researcher of the National Academy of Economic Strategy (NAES) under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Her research focuses on public budgeting and financial management, performance budgeting, auditing, and inflation. She was the principal investigator or a core researcher in several major projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Chinese Ministry of Finance, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the National Development and Reform Commission of the Chinese government. Dr. Zhao has published over 30 articles in several core management and economic journals in both Chinese and English, including Auditing Research, Subnational Fiscal Research, Journal of Asian Public Policy, and Journal of Chinese Governance. She also co-authored a book, titled Public Budgeting: A Comparative Study, which was collected into the National Achievement Library of Philosophy and Social Sciences in 2010 by the Chinese government.

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