Abstracts, PublicNet: 4 April, 1999

Matheson A
Public Administration and Development, (UK), Oct 1998 Vol 18 No 4
Start page: 349. No of pages: 15
Outlines the evolution of New Zealand’s (NZ) approach to the determination of the strategic direction of its public services during a decade of reform beginning in 1984. Describes the most novel reforms as being the core mechanisms for allocating, managing, controlling and accounting for public resources and lists the key components of these reforms.