Dilemmas in public management in Greater China and Australia : rising tensions but common challenges / edited by Andrew Podger [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Podger, A. S. (Andrew S.), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--Australia--Congresses.

Public administration.

Public administration--China--Congresses.

China--Politics and government--2002---Congresses.

China.

Australia--Politics and government--1945---Congresses.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (612 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, ACT : ANU Press, [2023]

Summary:

This book draws on more than a decade of workshops organised by the Greater China Australia Dialogue on Public Administration, involving scholars and practitioners from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia.

Contents:

Intro

List of illustrations

Figure 1.1: GDP per capita: Mainland China, Taiwan, Australia (USD purchasing power parity).

Figure 1.2: GDP and government revenue in Mainland China, 2010-20 (2010 prices).

Figure 1.3: Government revenue in Mainland China as a per cent of GDP, 2010-22.

Figure 1.4: Taiwan's government revenue as a per cent of GDP, 1996-2022.

Figure 1.5: Total government expenses as per cent of GDP, Australia, 2011-21.

Figure 3.1: A theoretical framework for the effect of vertical power structure change on policy experimentation.

Figure 3.2: The percentage of subnational revenue (expenditure) in total revenue (expenditure).

Figure 3.3: The geographic distribution of Pilot Free Trade Zones in China (2013-20).

Figure 3.4: The annual number of national and subnational policy documents on 'experimental point (Shidian)' (2003-20).

Figure 3.5: The annual number of policy documents on 'experimental point (Shidian)' promulgated by three subordinate organisations of the State Council (2003-20).

Figure 3.6: The total number of subnational policy documents on 'experimental point (Shidian)' in each province (2013-20).

Figure 3.7: The correlational relationship between the total number of subnational policy documents on 'experimental point (Shidian)' (2013-20) and the GDP (2019) in each province.

Figure 4.1: Taiwan's local governments.

Figure 6.1: VFI, across states, 2020-21.

Figure 6.2: Commonwealth Grants as a per cent of total state revenue.

Figure 6.3: State own-source revenue, GST and other payments from the Commonwealth as a proportion of total state revenue, 2020-21.

Figure 6.4: Approaches to HFE since Federation.

Figure 7.1: Australia: Local government jurisdictions and number of local governments.

Figure 7.2: Australia: Population per local area by jurisdiction, 1910-2020.

Figure 7.3: NSW JOs across LGAs.

Figure 7.4: NSW LALCs and Regional Areas.

Figure 7.5: RDA National Network.

Figure 7.6: 2020-21 Australian local government revenue (%) by category.

Figure 7.7: 2020-21 Australian local government expenditure (%) by category.

Figure 8.1: Fiscal expansion goes into reverse.

Figure 8.2: Central government transfers and local government transfer dependency.

Figure 8.3: Budgetary spending on education, health, social security and housing.

Figure 9.1: Australian annual GDP and GDP per capita growth since 1990-91.

Figure 9.2: Australia's terms of trade (1945-2021).

Figure 9.3: GDP growth, Australia's major trading partners.

Figure 9.4: Average GDP per capita growth, Australia's major trading partners.

Figure 9.5: Pre-COVID fiscal balance, all levels of government.

Figure 9.6: Australian quarterly GDP and GDP per capita since 2010.

Figure 9.7: Household savings ratio, 2000-2021.

Figure 9.8: Unemployment rate, 2000-2022.

Figure 9.9: Participation rate (top) and population 'not in labour force' (bottom), 2018-21.

Figure 9.10: Australian population growth since 1982.

Figure 9.11: Australia's population growth rate, IGR 2021 forecast.

Figure 9.12: Commonwealth budget parameters, 1996-97 to 2024-25.

Figure 9.13: Fiscal balance deterioration between 2019 and 2020.

Figure 9.14: Net debt deterioration between 2019 and 2025.

Figure 9.15: Fiscal balance, all levels of government (June 2018-June 2021).

Figure 9.16: Market sector productivity growth, 1996-2020.

Figure 10.1: Use of performance indicators-by category (city of Guangzhou, 2007-9).

Figure 10.2: Use of performance information during budget execution.

Figure 10.3: Use of PI during budget preparation.

Figure 12.1: The aid management cycle in AusAID.

Figure 12.2: Performance of Australian Aid (PAA) performance framework.

Figure 12.3: Performance framework for Partnerships for Recovery: Australia's COVID-19 Development Response.

Figure 14.1: Results of SEM.

Figure 15.1: Australian employment trends.

Figure 15.2: APS diversity trends, 2001-22.

Figure 15.3: APS classification profile by gender, 2022.

Figure 15.4: Agency capability domains.

Figure 16.1: Components of FGF reforms.

Figure 20.1: Total health expenditure (THE) and share of THE in GDP: 1990-2020.

Figure 20.2: The composition of the total health expenditure in China: 2005-20.

Figure 20.3: The share of self-treatment and no-treatment in health-seeking, 1993-2015 (%).

Figure 20.4: Government health expenditure per capita (RMB ,000) and population size in 27 cities in the Yangtze River Delta in 2019.

Figure 20.5: Primary care clinics' share of outpatient services in China: 2013-20.

Figure 20.6: CCDC's budget as a share of health expenditure: 2009-20.

Figure 20.7: Growth of health workers in different health institutions (%): 2011-20.

Figure 20.8: Composition of expenditure in CCDC: 2009-18.

Figure 20.9: CCDC budget and its share in government health expenditure: 2009-19.

Figure 20.10: Government expenditure on public health and the local share of government public health expenditure: 2013-19.

Table 3.1: Number of IECLG (2015) and CUGI (2018) winners and finalists by province and innovation type.

Table 7.1: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development (DIRD): Australian classification of local governments.

Table 7.2: NSW: Principal institutions of state-local relations.

Table 7.3: 2020-21 Australian local government revenue by jurisdiction, type (%) and per capita (AUD million).

Table 7.4: 2021-22 Australian local government expenditure by jurisdiction, type (%) and total (AUD million).

Table 8.1: List of central and local government shared tasks in basic public services, basic standards and division of expenditure responsibilities.

Table 8.2: The classification of budgetary units (2017).

Table 8.3: Slowing economic growth and fiscal trends under the 'new normal'.

Table 8.4: Recent changes in revenue, expenditure, and transfers (annual growth, price-adjusted).

Table 8.5: Planned changes in dibao programs in Jiangxi province for 2020.

Table 9.1: Underlying cash balance, as at 2019-20 and 2020-21 budgets.

Table 9.2: Recent trade tensions between Australia and China.

Table 9.A1: Commonwealth Government general government key budget parameters, 1996-97 to 2024-25.

Table 10.1: Indicators used by central agencies in China.

Table 10.2: Indicators of program evaluation.

Table 10.3: Managerial indicators for provincial BPM adoption.

Table 10.4: Program performance indicators in Guangzhou, 2020.

Table 10.5: Comparisons of three stages of BPM in China.

Table 10.6: Use of PI in Guangzhou (2020).

Table 11.1: Performance contract signed between Feng county and one of its townships in Shaanxi province, 2017 (excerpts*).

Table 12.1: Evaluation in the Australian Public Service (APS) 1990-2020.

Table 13.1: Political and meritocratic indicators in the evaluation of party and government leading cadres.

Table 14.1: Sample characteristics.

Table 14.2: Mean comparisons.

Table 14.3: Standardised effects of meritocracy on professional autonomy.

Table 14.4: Standardised effects of meritocracy on public responsiveness.

Table 15.1: APS classification profiles, 1980-2020.

Table 18.1: Cooperation, coordination and collaboration: Definitions and characteristics.

Table 18.2: Strength (by staff numbers) of the 12 largest departments in the Hong Kong Government, 2020.

Table 19.1: Needs and supply of community-based services (2015).

Table 19.2: Performance targets set by the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20).

Table 20.1: Composition of government health expenditure in the general budget (RMB billion).

Table 20.2: Reasons for poverty for 89 million rural poor in China in 2013.

Table 20.3: Breakdown of revenues for different types of medical institutions in 2019.

Table 21.1: Incentives and conditions for the layering process.

Table 21.2: Actors in the Safeguard Happiness Station Project.

Preface

Contributors

1. The new global realities: Escalating tensions and colliding world views despite similar challenges and regime dilemmas

Part 1: Intergovernmental relations

2. 'One country, two systems' in transition

3. Vertical power structure and policy experimentation in Xi's China

4. Revitalising local capacity in Taiwan: Institutional arrangements, consequences and prospects

5. The revival of Australian federalism? Trends and developments in Commonwealth-state relations

6. Federal financial relations in Australia

7. Local government in Australia: An overview and strategic directions

Part 2: Budgeting and financial management

8. The state of local public finance in China under Xi Jinping

9. Australia's financial management challenges post‑COVID

10. Performance budgeting in China

11. China's approach to performance management and future directions

12. Evaluation in the Australian Public Service: What can the case of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade tell us about an enduring challenge for public administration?

Part 3: The civil service

13. Political meritocracy in Chinese cadre personnel management.

14. Change and continuity in the civil service of Taiwan under democratisation: With Hong Kong as a benchmark for assessment.

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ISBN:

9781760465742

1760465747

OCLC:

1394059912