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

Intro -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- 1. How political institutions, history and experience affect government budgeting processes and ways of achieving â value for moneyâ -- 2. Government budgeting and the quest for value-for-money outcomes in Australia -- 3. Projecting long-term fiscal outcomes -- 4. Budget reform in China: Progress and prospects in the Xi Jinping era -- 5. Public budgeting system in Taiwan: Does it lead to better value for money? -- 6. Making â accountability for resultsâ really work? -- 7. Adoption or implementation? Performance measurement in the City of Guangzhouâ s Department of Education -- 8. Public financial management and the campaign against extravagant position-related consumption in China -- 9. Accountability reform, parliamentary oversight and the role of performance audit in Australia -- 10. The development of performance auditing in Taiwan -- 11. Budgeting and financial management of public infrastructure: The experience of Taiwan -- 12. Municipal financial strategy responses to fiscal austerity: The case of Taiwan -- 13. Australiaâ s employment services, 1998â 2012: Using performance monitoring and evaluation to improve value for money -- 14. Case study of the role of third-party evaluators in performance-based budgeting reform at the local government level in China -- 15. Education outlay, fiscal transfers and interregional funding equity: A county-level analysis of education finance in China -- 17. Timely help or Icing the Cake? Revisiting the Effect of Public Subsidies on Private R&D Investment in Taiwan -- 18. â Value for moneyâ lessons and challenges.