EFFECTIVENESS BUDGETING: THE LIMITS OF BUDGET REFORM |
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| Authors: | James M Harkin |
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| Institution: | JAMES M. HARKIN earned his Ph.D. degree at Syracuse University in 1978. He has worked in West Africa with the Peace Corps and Catholic Relief Services and at the University of Arizona. He has published in academic and popular journals on the relationship of government structure and policy development. |
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| Abstract: | This paper is concerned with the potential for improving public sector financial management by means of efforts to budget in terms of effectiveness. A series of statements are derived from the assumptions of Effectiveness Budgeting to consider what the preconditions for its success and failure might be, in an effort to begin to fill what i s argued to be a void in the literature in the field. Comments are offered as to the likelihood of Effectiveness Budgeting realizing i t s own stated ideal and its utility under less than ideal conditions. |
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