New Zealand
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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Financing Infrastructure Projects: Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) (PDF) Katz, Dieter, 2006 New Zealand Treasury Policy Paper 06/02. Report by the New Zealand Treasury, which concludes that many of the perceived outcomes of PPPs can be achieved through conventional procurement without private sector finance. New Zealand
Achieving Public Sector Outcomes with Private Sector Partners (PDF) Office of the Auditor General, 2006 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
Government Procurement Policy: Review of Implementation (Web Page) Ministry of Regulatory and Competition Policy, 2005 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. New Zealand
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
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.
Improving the Performance of Health Care Systems: From Measures to Action - A Review of Experiences in Four OECD Countries (PDF)
Or, Zeynep, 2002
Labor Market and Social Policy Occasional Paper 57, Organisation for Economic Co-ooperation and Development (OECD)
This paper reviews the role of regulation in measuring and improving quality of health care services in France, the Netherlands, Sweden and New Zealand.
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. Australia
Roles for public and private capital in infrastructure development: New Zealand Experience (PDF)
Norris, Ralph , 2000
New Zealand Business Roundtable, Eisenhower Fellowship Conference
Reforming Financial Management in the Public Sector: Lessons U.S. Officials Can Learn From New Zealand (Web Page) Ball, Ian; Dale, Tony; Eggers, William D; Sacco, John, 1999 Reason Public Policy Insitutute A report that analyzes New Zealand's public sector reform, emphasizing the Financial Management components of the reform with the aim of persuading U.S. policymakers on embarking on the task of overhauling and modernizing their financial management and accounting systems. USA
Kiwi Experience: VFM Messages from New Zealand (PDF) Audit Commission , 1997 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
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
The Spirit of Reform: Managing the New Zealand State Sector in a Time of Change (PDF) Schick, Allen, 1996 State Services Commission A report prepared for the State Services Commission and The Treasury, New Zealand New Zealand