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Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, New Zealand was a world leader in public sector reform. Governments since that time have been more conservative in their approach to competition and contracting.
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| Achieving Public Sector Outcomes with Private Sector Partners (PDF) |
| Office of the Auditor General, 2006 |
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| A report aiming to inform the public sector about both the rewards and the risks of partnering with the private sector, providing decision makers with information about some primary issues they need to consider in such projects. |
| ISBN 0-478-181-49-3 |
| New Zealand |
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| Government Procurement Policy: Review of Implementation (Web Page) |
| Ministry of Regulatory and Competition Policy, 2005 |
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| A review of the implementation of Government Procurement Policy in New Zealand, analysing the effective implementation of the current policy by core government departments and wider government agencies. |
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| New Zealand |
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| Reducing barriers to investment in infrastructure (PDF) |
| Kerr, Roger , 2004 |
| New Zealand Business Roundtable |
| A speech advocating for the increased participation of private sector in infrastructure projects in New Zealand, sustaining that there is sufficient evidence to prove that such an increase would better serve New Zealand’s economic interest. |
| ISBN 1-877148-80-6 |
| New Zealand |
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| Choice: The Evidence (PDF) |
| Williams, Jonathan and Rossiter, Ann (Eds), 2004 |
| Social Market Foundation (SMF) |
| This report provides an evidence-based analysis of choice policies in health and education. It presents research findings from a range of studies on the impact of choice, and draws conclusions about their further introduction in the UK. In particular it examines how well user-choice has been implemented, how well it has worked and the benefits and disadvantages it has delivered in the UK, Sweden, the US, Chile and New Zealand. It also identifies the conditions under which user-choice policies have flourished. The full report can be downloaded via this web page link. |
| ISBN 1-904899-17-x |
| UK |
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| Examining the Magnitude and Sources of Cost Savings Associated with Outsourcing |
| Domberger, Simon; Jensen, Paul H. and Stonecash, Robin E., 2002 |
| Public Performance and Management Review, Vol 26, No. 2 (December) |
| Analysis of cost savings from outsourcing of vehicle maintenance and warehousing services at Trentham army base in New Zealand using detailed cost and output data, including all transition and transaction costs. |
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| Australia |
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| Kiwi Experience: VFM Messages from New Zealand (PDF) |
| Audit Commission , 1997 |
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| A UK Audit Commission report analyzing New Zealand’s public sector reform with the objective of extracting Value for Money lessons that could be applicable for the UK Public Service. |
| ISBN 1 86240013 X |
| UK |
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| Government Reform in New Zealand |
| Scott, Graham C, 1996 |
| International Monetary Fund |
| An overview of the reforms to the systems of managementin the New Zealand Government |
| ISBN 1-55775-540-X |
| USA |
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