Toward Next-Generation Performance Budgeting: Lessons from the Experiences of Seven Reforming Countries

The Design and Practice of Integrating Evidence: Connecting Performance Management with Program Evaluation

“…Although theoretically appealing, there has been very little empirical evidence for such continuity effects, particularly in the area of evidence‐based accountability systems. And as obvious as the value of allowing a reform to incrementally develop might seem, a frequent tendency of performance management efforts across the world is that they are dropped and replaced with something new before they take effect (Moynihan and Beazley ). Our study has shown that continuity enables different types of reforms to connect with one another.…”

“…First, it offers a rare longitudinal assessment of a reform effort and shows that an initiative that did not "work" at first worked in the later time period. Second, despite the frequent tendency of performance systems across the world to be dropped and replaced with something new before they take effect (Moynihan and Beazley 2016 ), the article shows that continuity combined with an element of deliberate design can pay off. Third, we outline and test a specific causal mechanism to explain how the integration of program evaluation can make performance management more valuable.…”

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

“…Central to the success of PBB has been China's administrative capacity, including its capacity to collect and analyse data, to write reports and, more generally, to manage budget processes and administer programs and projects (Ho and Im 2015;Moynihan and Beazley 2016). However, it is not easy for governments to improve their administrative capacities to a high level in a short time, thus presenting an obstacle to the success of PBB in developing countries.…”

Case study of the role of third-party evaluators in performance-based budgeting reform at the local government level in China

“…Performance-based budgeting (PBB) focuses on using performance measurements during the budgetary process to help governments manage public resources more efficiently and effectively and to heighten the transparency of, and accountability for, how public resources are used (Curristine 2005;Schick 2014;Moynihan and Beazley 2016). In the past half-century, there have been two waves of PBB reform in China-the first in the 1960s and the latest in the 1990s.…”

“…Seeking help from consultants is a simple and popular option for improving capabilities and meeting PBB requirements; however, this approach has its shortcomings (Moynihan and Beazley 2016). First, many consultants pay too much attention to theory and too little to the particular characteristics of the country concerned.…”