The Many Faces of Public Management Reform in Asia Pacific: Moving Ahead Amidst Challenges and Opportunities in Emerging Markets
Hosted by the Department of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University,
and co-sponsored by the International Public Management Network, the Asia-Pacific Governance Institute, and Thailand Democracy Watch Bangkok,
Thailand July 7-9, 2008
Conference Paper
Introduction - The Many Faces of Public Management Reform in Asia-Pacific: Moving Ahead Amidst
Challenges and Opportunities in Emerging Markets and in Difficult Times
by Clay Wescott, Bidhya Bowornwathana, L. R. Jones
►IPMReview
Thematic Overview
The purpose of this conference was to understand the diverse approaches to public management reform in Asian countries. During the past decade, globalization and democratization have been the major forces that helped transform the structures, functions, and processes of Asian public sectors. Nevertheless, these transformation efforts of Asian countries vary considerably depending on local context, and have met with different degrees of success. Some countries experienced smooth transformations. For others, the reform process has been more volatile. Papers presented and discussed focused on performance management, decentralization, and combating corruption.They will be published in a symposium issue of the International Public Management Review. We will also give consideration to publishing a subsequent book bringing together these and possibly other related papers.
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10.30 - 15.00
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Arrival and check-in
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for most participants, the Pathumwan Princess Hotel,444 Phayathai Road,
Wangmai, Pathumwan, Bangkok Thailand.
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17.00 - 17.15
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Welcome and Introduction to Workshop |
Bidhya Bowornwathana, Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University and L.R. Jones, Naval Postgraduate School |
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17.15 - 19.00
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"Corruption: the Indian Saga" |
Presenter: Krishna K. Tummala, Professor & Director, Graduate Program in Public Administration, Kansas State University
Moderator: Clay Wescott, Director, AGPI
Discussants: Lawrence R. Jones, Kuno Schedler
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| 19.00 - 20.00 |
Reception and Thai welcome dance performance |
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| 20.00 - 21.30 |
Thai musical evening with dinner, followed by dinner talk on "Democratic Consolidation in Thailand"
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Presenter: Suchit Bungongkarn, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University |
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Tuesday, July 8
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09.00 - 13.00
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Combating corruption"
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Presenter:
1. Jon S.T. Quah, Combating Corruption in the Asia-Pacific Countries: What do We Know and What Needs to be Done?
2. David S Jones, Competition and Transparency in Government Procurement in Southeast Asia.
3. Roby Arya Brata, Why did an Anticorruption Policy Fail? A Study of the Implementation Failure of Anticorruption Policies of the Authoritarian New Order Regime and the Transitional Democratic Reform Order Regime of Indonesia, 1971-2007.
4. Bidhya Bowornwathana, The Politics of Combating Corruption in Thailand.
Moderator: Krishna K. Tummala
Discussants: Richard Norman, Geoff Dixon
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| 13.00 - 14.00 |
Lunch
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14.00 - 17.00
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"Managing Performance-1"
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Presenter:
1. Soonhee Kim, After the Asian Financial Crisis: Government Performance, Democratic Governance, and Trust in Government in Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand.
2. Suchitra Punyarathabandhu and Daniel Unger, Managing Performance in a Context of Political Clientelism: Thailand.
3. Clay G. Wescott, World Bank Support for Public Financial Management: Conceptual Roots and Evidence of Impact.
Moderator: Lawrence R. Jones
Discussants: Alexander Kotchegura, Robert Taliercio
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| 17.00 - 18.00 |
International Public Management Journal and Review editorial board meeting (for editorial board members).
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Convener: Larry Jones |
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18.00 - 21.00
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Conference dinner |
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Wednesday, July 9
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| 09.00 - 12.00 |
Managing Performance-2" |
Presenter:
1. Robert Taliercio, Cambodia's Public Financial Management Reforms, 2004-2007: Explaining a Case of 'Turnaround.
2. Richard Norman and Tom Bentley, At the centre or in control? Centralagencies in search of new identities.
3. Arwiphawee Srithongrung, Does Result-Oriented Management Make any Differences?
Moderator: Kuno Schedler
Discussants: Jon S. T. Quah, Daniel Unger
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| 12.00 - 13.00 |
Lunch |
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13.00 - 16.00
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"Decentralization"
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Presenter:
1. Eng Netra and David Craig summarized three papers: Pak Kimchoeun and David Craig, Accountability and Public Expenditure Management in Decentralised Cambodia; Horng Vuthy and David Craig, Accountability and Planning in Decentralised Cambodia; and Eng Netra and David Craig, Human Resource Management in Decentralised Cambodia.
2. Geoff Dixon and Danya Hakim, Budget Decentralisation Experience in Indonesia.
3. Charas Suwanmala, Fiscal Decentralization in Thailand.
Moderator and Discussant: Clay Wescott
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| 16.00 - 16.30 |
Concluding Remarks
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Clay Wescott, Bidhya Bowornwathan |
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18.30 - 21.00
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Conference dinner |
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