论广西电子政务的发展之路

文章通过介绍广西电子政务的发展现状,指出广西电子政务现存的问题,并在此基础上提出发展广西电子政务的对策及建议。     

国际间政府采购技术规范体系框架的构建

《政府采购协议》（Government ProcurementAgreement,GPA）是WTO管辖的单项贸易协议,是各缔约方对外开放政府采购市场,以实现政府采购国际化和自由化的法律文件。我国于2007年12月正式启动了加入GPA谈判。文章深入分析了WTO《政府采购协议》（GPA）有关技术规格的规定及GPA成员国技术规范体系,通过剖析国际间政府采购关键技术节点,以功能和性质为依据构建了我国国际间政府采购技术规范体系框架。     

关注NTYAA的实施,警惕新的贸易技术壁垒

本文对NTTAA的产生、主要内容及其实施进行了深度分析，并提醒人们NTTAA的实施可能产生新的贸易技术壁垒。     

Redefining Local Government Roles In Public Services

County officials in the seven-county metropolitan area of the State of Minnesota's Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul were seeking to redefine county roles in service delivery. This article reports on a process model that was piloted on two services. The model was commissioned by officials; was based upon and informed by literature and comparative experience; began with an examination of functions performed; involved participants in focusing the study; was context-focused; and involved local stakeholders in projecting the implications of alternative county roles. These characteristics complicated the research management process because the process took more time, involved more actors, and required more coordination than traditional research. However, having stakeholders identify alternatives and bring factual material to the process was critical to the success of the model and including the comparative and contextual research both strengthened the policy conclusions and improved the probability of their adoption and implementation. A case of a Minnesota county that followed the model in an effort to reform water governance within the county illustrated adoption of the approach. The stakeholder analysis process was previously applied in Africa, China and Southeast Asia and the model should be applicable to a wide range of settings and problems.     

Safeguarding public accountability in horizontal government

Abstract

The trend towards horizontalization in government prompts a debate on safeguarding public accountability. This article contributes to the debate by presenting categories of horizontalization in government, types of horizontal accountability and criteria for judging the appropriateness of arrangements for public accountability. Accountability arrangements must meet the requirements of the democratic constitutional state to provide adequate checks and balances. This implies, among other things, that responsibilities must be clear and the information supply, debate and sanctioning options must all be established. A discussion of existing mechanisms for horizontal accountability indicates that the requirements of a democratic constitutional state are generally not sufficiently met. This makes it imperative to establish more balanced arrangements for public accountability that fit more horizontal forms of government.     

Local Democracy Ltd

Abstract

A number of European countries have witnessed a proliferation of local government enterprises in recent years. Norwegian local councillors are seemingly particularly exposed to this ‘enterprise fever’. Our article explores local governments' approaches to the political control of such companies. We observe a reluctance to intervene directly in the affairs of an enterprise, but there is a last-resort preparedness to take more resolute action. Lastly, in contrast to what the prototypical agency model postulates, we find that those who attach strong aspirations of increased capacity to the establishment of companies appear to lack trust in the same companies' performance capability.     

Governance for climate-change adaptive capacity in the Swedish electricity sector

Abstract

This article analyses the capacity for climate change adaptation (CCA) in the Swedish electricity grid sector. Utilizing two perspectives from organization theory it directs attention to changes in the sector, from the 1980s until 2010, with radical change with an NPM-reform in 1996. For the time before 1996 findings indicate a high CCA capacity. The reform led to a reduction in this capacity through an increased emphasis on economic efficiency, although there also has been some room for robustness-considerations. This article shows that organizational culture and formal structure influence the capacity to adapt to climate change.     

How accurate are government forecasts of economic fundamentals? The case of Taiwan

A government’s ability to forecast key economic fundamentals accurately can affect business confidence, consumer sentiment, and foreign direct investment, among others. A government forecast based on an econometric model is replicable, whereas one that is not fully based on an econometric model is non-replicable. Governments typically provide non-replicable forecasts (or expert forecasts) of economic fundamentals, such as the inflation rate and real GDP growth rate.In this paper, we develop a methodology for evaluating non-replicable forecasts. We argue that in order to do so, one needs to retrieve from the non-replicable forecast its replicable component, and that it is the difference in accuracy between these two that matters. An empirical example to forecast economic fundamentals for Taiwan shows the relevance of the proposed methodological approach. Our main finding is that the undocumented knowledge of the Taiwanese government reduces forecast errors substantially.     

建筑防水质量控制探析

房屋漏水给老百姓的生活带来了很大不便,容易引起邻里之间的矛盾、业主与开发商的纠纷,造成社会的不和谐。文章阐述了我国建筑防水的现状,分析了影响广西防水工程质量的因素,对杜绝建筑设施漏水提出建议。     

浅议我国政府会计改革

自20世纪90年代以来,西方国家纷纷掀起政府会计的改革浪潮,各国改革的核心内容是在政府预算编制和政府会计核算中逐步引入权责发生制。我国目前各类政府业务增加,对政府会计核算信息也提出了更全面的要求,政府会计改革势在必行。本文通过对我国目前的预算会计核算体系进行分析,探讨中国政府会计改革的方向。提出对中国政府会计改革的建议,服务当前我国政府会计改革的需要。