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100			_aCampos, Jose Edgardo
245			_aEvaluating public expenditure management systems: an experimental methodology with an application to the Australian and New Zealand reforms
260			_c1997
300			_ap.423-45
362			_aSummer
520			_aThis 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. - Reproduced
650			_aPublic expenditure
700			_aPradhan, Sanjay
773			_aJournal of Policy Analysis and Management
909			_a34708
999			_c34708 _d34708