Value for Money: Budget and financial management reform in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan and Australia

Performance management for success: Public sector organisations in Australia and the Philippines

“…In relation to this volume, it is particularly relevant to highlight the parallels with John Wanna's oeuvre. John has consistently identified the importance of performance management at the organisational level and shown how it has influenced the quality of performance information and performance results (Wanna, O'Faircheallaigh and Weller 1999;Hawke and Wanna 2010;Podger et al 2018). He has highlighted the potential for performance information to be a political tool and has noted the differential ways in which it has been used across governments and in different periods and contexts (Wanna, Jensen and de Vries 2010).…”

Long-term Sustainability of Pension Systems of European Union Countries

“…Dlouhodobé projekce by měly posuzovat rozpočtové důsledky demografi ckých změn, tudíž by měly být prováděny na dostatečně dlouhý časový horizont, aby se tyto změny mohly projevit. Podger et al (2018) uvádějí minimální délku horizontu alespoň 10 až 40 let. Nutné je uvést všechny klíčové předpoklady projekce včetně alternativních scénářů vývoje.…”

Designing Governance Structures for Performance and Accountability: Developments in Australia and Greater China

“…At the national government level, public service and financial management law is the primary legislation setting out the formal rules for governance and accountability. Both have been substantially reformed since the early 1980s (APSC 2003) and the most recent changes came into force in 2013 and 2014 (Podger 2018).…”

“…Modern Chinese ideas such as 'social accountability' rely upon increased transparency and professionalism, which in turn require standards of integrity that are not just set politically, but often by bureaucratic edicts, reflecting society norms set more widely -including by professions and internationally. As discussed in Value for Money (Podger et al 2018), which was compiled from the 2015 workshop of the Greater China Australia Dialogue on Public Administration, China has been pursuing an ambitious agenda of financial management and budgetary reform drawing heavily on the experience of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, including Australia. Increasingly implicit in these reforms are similar (if evolving) concepts of performance and accountability explored in this book on institutional structures.…”