Once more into surplus: Reforming expenditure management in Australia and Canada |
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| Affiliation: | 1. IBS Hyderabad, a Constituent of IFHE (Deemed to be) University, Dontanpalli (Village), Shankerpalli Road, Hyderabad, Telangana., India;2. Department of Economic Environment and Strategy, IMT Ghaziabad, 201001, India;3. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and IB, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, 248007, India;4. CRCGM-Université d’Auvergne, France;5. IPAG Business School, IPAG — Lab, France;1. Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;3. German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Combustion Technology, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany;4. National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China;1. Centre for Mental Health, Faculty of Health, Arts & Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;2. Department of Mental Health, St Vincent''s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;4. Department of Mental Health, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;5. Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne & Melbourne Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Canadian and Australian federal government budgets have returned to surplus. Over the past two decades both countries have undertaken financial management and budgetary reforms in an effort to control expenditure growth and public debt. They exchanged ideas, borrowed techniques, and shared reform experiences. Yet during the mid-1980s and early 1990s they displayed markedly different levels of success in expenditure control. This article explains why relatively similar instruments of expenditure control and financial management produced different outcomes in Australia and Canada. The analysis suggests that budgetary techniques will have marginal impact unless they are congruent with broader policy management systems and administrative cultures. The comparative analysis provides important lessons for budget reformers in all jurisdictions. |
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