Performance Budgeting in Switzerland: Implications for Political Control
ISBN
0-7623-0761-7
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2000-03-04
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper assesses recent reforms to implement performance budgeting at the national level in Switzerland with emphasis on the necessity for integrating the political dimension. The political context is Switzerland is described as a regulation-driven with fairly liberal but still detailed private and public law, and where the legal basis is the major subject of political influence. In practice, the law is the result of long-term politics while the budget reflects the short-term, actual value of tasks is determined by the legislators. Thereby, a systematic link between legal obligations and financial resources such as is the case in U.S. programs does not exist in the traditional form of political steering. In times of financial pressure, this can lead to laws that are not enacted due to a lack of resources. The chapter analyzes traditional budgeting and contrasts it with results-oriented public management and performance budgeting as manifest in the Swiss model.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Learning from international public management reform - Volume B
Publisher
Jai
Publisher place
Amsterdam
Start page
455
End page
478
Pages
24
Event Title
International Public Management Network Conference
Event Location
Sydney
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
13432
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Performance Budgeting in Switzerland - Schedler.pdf
Size
1.14 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
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