广东市场化改革过程研究

广东改革过程是在市场条件可变的背景下展开的 ,这就决定了广东市场化改革过程只能是一个非平衡的过程。渐进改革的过程特征 ,又决定了广东市场化改革过程不是一个简单地照搬现成市场机制的过程 ,而是一个在矫正传统市场缺陷中 ,不断进行现代市场创新的过程。改革开放 2 0年 ,广东作为一个具有相似与互渗的人文地理特点的经济区域 ,成功的市场转型发展 ,对于论证市场改革与经济绩效之间的关系提供了丰富的实证资料。总结广东市场化改革过程的经验 ,对认识 2 0年来中国的改革开放及更好地指导我们深化改革和进一步发展社会主义市场经济 ,无疑具有重要的理论与实践意义     

试论国有企业的深层次改革

国有企业改革是我国经济体制改革的关键。国有经济的定位问题、政企分开、法人治理结构、社会负担和经济效益等问题是当前亟待解决的深层次矛盾和问题 ,文章就深化国有企业改革和发展作了深入探讨。     

改革预算管理制度提高财政资金使用效率

当前财政预算管理制度存在的主要问题是:预算编制权力过于分散,财政预算收付制度不合理,对财政资金的调度和使用监督不力,不适应市场经济发展的要求,影响了财政资金使用效率.改革预算管理制度的主要措施是:积极推进部门预算、国库集中收付制度和政府采购制度,完善转移支付制度等.     

论现行刑事技术管理体制存在的问题及改革构想

刑事科学技术在公安工作的中作用越来越大 ,然而 ,它的发展存在着与政府管理职能之间的矛盾、计划与市场之间的矛盾和缺乏统一运作的长效机制三大问题。建立新型刑事科学技术管理体制是当务之急。刑事科学技术管理体制改革主要有加强刑事科学技术部门之间的联系、积极创建市场运行机制和合理分配资源三个方面。     

邓小平的金融思想及其现实启示

文章从５个方面对邓小平的金融思想进行了具体的的概括和阐述：（１）在金融工作总的指导思想上,要坚持“核心论”,办好大金融;（２）在金融改革的取向选择上,要坚持“杠杆论”,强化对科技进步的金融支持;（３）要把银行办成真正的银行;（４）要稳步推进资本市场;（５）积极利用外资,促进中国金融走向世界。同时,文章还阐明,要在全社会尤其是各级领导干部和金融行业中,深入开展邓小平金融理论的学习,大力普及宣传金融基本知识和金融法律知识,树立和增强金融风险意识与金融法治意识;在邓小平金融思想的指导下,在金融改革的步伐上,步子应再迈大一些,积极进行金融创新,并应高度重视金融安全。     

Capacity Building as an Instrument of Institutional Reform: Improving the Quality of Higher Education through Academic Audits in the UK, New Zealand, Sweden, and Hong Kong

As countries convert from state to market-centered public policies, there is increasing interest in new forms of public accountability. Capacity building initiatives that reform institutional frameworks are useful policy instruments during this period of transition. What are the impacts and implementation problems characteristic of this approach? This article reviews the experience with "Academic Audit," a capacity building accountability instrument for universities adopted in the UK, Sweden, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. Academic audits altered the incentives for cooperative behavior among faculty members to improve student learning. Identified implementation problems included: training for the new process, the uncertainty of capacity building benefits, and the central role of information.     

Zimbabwe’s transition overload: an interpretation

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The article argues that to understand the troubled history of Zimbabwe we have to pay attention to the multiple and incomplete ‘transitions’ that the country underwent within three decades. Each of these transitions was probably inevitable and the trajectory they followed may be the right one for each of the transitions. However, the transitions in Zimbabwe were intertwined in a not always mutually supportive way. Indeed, we also argue that eventually, Zimbabwe suffered from a ‘transition overload’ as the many transitions undermined or confounded each other. The article is also a caution against the preoccupation of individuals in Zimbabwean history. Finally, there are some lessons for post-conflict countries that are often faced with wide-ranging agenda that often include externally imposed items.     

Reforming Greece’s Tax Administration during the Financial Crisis: The Paradox of Power Asymmetry

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This article examines the depoliticisation of Greece’s tax administration under the post-2010 bailout agreements in light of three alternative models of domestic change. It shows that one model (external incentives model that is based on power asymmetry) accounts for the direction of the reform but not how far the reform ended up going. There is little evidence in support of the second model (social learning) because of the absence of genuine programme ownership and evidence in support of the third model (lesson-drawing) is limited to the diagnosis of the problem. The final outcome was unintentionally shaped by key choices made by Greek governments in line with the literature on conditionality.     

Between Domestic Learning and External Coercion: Budgeting and Fiscal Management Reform in Greece

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The article examines the interplay between external pressure and domestic learning through a case-study of Greek budgetary and fiscal management reform. Pre-crisis, budgetary management inadequacies were not efficiently addressed, mainly due to lack of awareness of problems, a low uncertainty environment and a strong political propensity to maintain discretionary use of financial resources. In contrast, crisis-era bailout conditionality represented a drastic change in the environment, increasing uncertainty and encouraging domestic openness to reform. The fiscal governance framework was significantly transformed, to a point of paradigm change. While there is no doubt regarding the impact of external pressure, the analysis highlights certain aspects that point to a domestic learning process, though variable in different parts of the political-administrative system.     

Federal or Unitary? The Power-sharing Debate in Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka’s power-sharing debate is focused on the labels ‘federal and ‘unitary’. A recent Judgment of the Supreme Court recognising the fluidity of these terms, and a creative reform proposal defining Sri Lanka as a ‘aekiya rajyaya/orumitha nadu’, present opportunities for consensus. Yet there are also powerful obstacles, including the virtual collapse of Sri Lanka’s coalition government and exclusivist nationalist ideologies. Regardless of the outcome of this round of reform, however, reformers must focus on the political if Sri Lanka is to ever reach a just and equitable solution to the ethnic conflict.