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Putting It Simply: An Explanatory Guide to Financial Management Reform
Published 1 Jan 1989
This document is available here for reference and archival purposes. It was superseded in 1996 by Putting It Together.
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Chapter One: What's the Point?
- This chapter examines the purposes and benefits of Financial Management Reform, and takes a brief look at the background
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Chapter Two: Calling the Tune
- Accountability is the principle at the heart of the reform. This chapter discusses how it works.
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Chapter Three: Dividing the Pie
- This chapter examines appropriation: the process through which the Government considers its priorities, examines its resource requirements and allocates money to each purpose.
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Chapter Four: Money Talk
- The way the Government handles money has changed. This chapter examines how and why.
Chapter Five: Time, Tide and the Budget Cycle
- This chapter describes the new budget cycle.
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Chapter Six: Show and Tell
- And this, the new requirements for reporting
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Chapter Seven: Conclusion
Appendix: The Legislative Muscle
- The appendix contains a brief overview of the Public Finance Act 1989, the Act of Parliament that gives a legal framework to the reform.
Further Reading:
- A list of books and publications which examine aspects of financial management reform
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