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Book Synopsis Governing Civil Service Pay in China by : Alfred M. Wu
Download or read book Governing Civil Service Pay in China written by Alfred M. Wu and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As agents of the state, civil servants play a central role in public governance and socioeconomic development. In developing countries, an effective civil service pay system may provide strong incentives for better public service and rein in corruption, whereas poor remuneration can fuel corruption and discontent among civil servants.Grappling to develop a well-functioning pay regime has challenged the PRC since its birth. Over the past decade, reforms implemented in the civil service pay system have been closely associated with legitimacy change (from an economy-based approach to welfare-based one), income distribution and central-local relations. However, these reforms have sparked a heated debate over their legitimacy, effectiveness and direction. By examining the complexities of this situation and the tug-of-war over remuneration among different players, this pioneering study deepens our understanding of the internal tensions with which China's reform process is fraught.
Book Synopsis China's Civil Service Reform by : Xiaoqi Wang (Ph. D.)
Download or read book China's Civil Service Reform written by Xiaoqi Wang (Ph. D.) and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of China's overall reform process, China's civil service has also been reformed, beginning in the late 1970s, undergoing a major change in 1993 with the implementation of a new Civil Service System, with the reforms continuing to unfold thereafter. This book, based on extensive original research, outlines the civil service reforms and assesses their effectiveness.
Book Synopsis Governing Civil Service Pay in China by : Alfred M. Wu
Download or read book Governing Civil Service Pay in China written by Alfred M. Wu and published by Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines a significant and hotly debated issue in the governance of China, one closely associated with legitimacy change, income distribution and central local relations.
Book Synopsis The Equal Pay Policy in China by : Alfred M. Wu
Download or read book The Equal Pay Policy in China written by Alfred M. Wu and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on field research and statistical data, this article is an original contribution to the understanding of the public sector “equal pay” policy and, more broadly, income distribution in China. The making and development of the equal pay policy epitomize the complexity and challenges in promoting wealth distribution in China. Surging government revenue boosts public confidence in improving civil service pay in order to build a responsible government while the widening income inequality in society complicates remuneration across sectors in China. Although the Chinese government has substantially mitigated the public-private pay gap, attempts to make pay more equal across different localities and units have largely failed in China. Compared with some developing countries, the Chinese government has fiscal capacity to pay civil servants fairly and adequately; nevertheless, substantial pay inequality within the public sector has diluted the positive effect of the civil service pay reform. The broad implication is that inclusive growth toward a harmonious society in China requires a thorough and comprehensive rethinking of China's overall income distribution system.
Book Synopsis Government Capacity and the Hong Kong Civil Service by : John P. Burns
Download or read book Government Capacity and the Hong Kong Civil Service written by John P. Burns and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines, in detail, the political context within which the civil service operates, including the role of the central government in Hong Kong SAR civil service policy making, the changing leadership role of Hong Kong's administrative elite, and attempts by the government to boost executive accountability since 2002.
Book Synopsis China's Civil Service Reform and Local Government Performance by : Xiaoqi Wang, PH.
Download or read book China's Civil Service Reform and Local Government Performance written by Xiaoqi Wang, PH. and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "China's Civil Service Reform and Local Government Performance: a Principal-agent Perspective" by Xiaoqi, Wang, 王曉琦, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of thesis entitled "China's Civil Service Reform and Local Government Performance: A Principal-Agent Perspective" Submitted by Wang Xiaoqi for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Hong Kong May 2006 This dissertation has examined the impacts of China's Civil Service Reform on the performance of government agencies in charge of environmental protection and education in three cities (Haidian district of Beijing, Changchun, and Ningbo). I have explored China's Civil Service Reform and its impact on local government performance within a principal-agent framework. Because of information asymmetry and conflict of interest, bureaucratic superiors on three hierarchical levels within the old Cadre Management System had trouble in obtaining full compliance from their bureaucratic subordinates. But, being rational, the bureaucratic superiors (especially the central leadership of the Chinese Communist Party) design rules and institutions to mitigate the problems. The introduction of China's Civil Service System in 1993 is one such effort to i manage cadres. The crucial outputs and outcomes of China's Civil Service Reform are the major focus of this study. In particular, this dissertation aims to answer the following related questions. How have the new sets of rules or initiatives shaped the incentives facing the civil servants and thus influenced the way they exercise their discretion (this being the managerial goal of the reforms)? How do the Reforms affect the ability of the Chinese leadership to control the bureaucracy (the political goal of the reforms), and what are the implications of the Reforms for the relationships among the political leadership, the bureaucrats, and the citizens? How might we explain the variations in reform implementations and performance across policy areas and regions after China's adoption of the Civil Service System? I find that components of China's Civil Service Reform provide superiors solutions to alleviate the control problems, which were embedded in three hierarchical levels of Chinese government, through incentive-alignment and information discovery. The alleviations of control problems manifest themselves in the improvement of local government performance, which is measured by objective indicators and citizen survey data in this study. In general, I find the managerial and political objectives of China's Civil Service Reform have been met. As the outputs of the reforms, evidence suggests civil service quality has improved and local governments have adopted and implemented China's Civil Service System to a large extent. Moreover, the implementation of China's ii Civil Service System has motivated the civil servants to put more conscious effort into their work and accordingly adjust the way they treat their clients. Referring to the outcomes of the reforms, the implementation of the components of China's Civil Service System and other administrative monitoring mechanisms has helped the central leadership in China to successfully strengthen control over the local governments and the local bureaucrats. The strengthened control of the bureaucracy has manifested itself in better provision and delivery of public services, which in turn leads to increased citizen satisfaction with regard to government performance. All these illustrate that local government
Book Synopsis Government Pay Policies and Structural Adjustment by : International Monetary Fund
Download or read book Government Pay Policies and Structural Adjustment written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1988-08-08 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paper provides an overview of the main elements of pay systems that are typically used to remunerate government employees and, with reference to the experience of developed and developing countries, discusses structural issues frequently arising in the formulation of government pay policies: (1) the role of fringe benefits in the compensation system; (2) the pros and cons of a greater merit orientation in the pay system and of special pay schemes designed to remunerate staff at the professional and managerial level; and (3) factors determining internal pay differentials with special emphasis on the compressing effect of flat amount cost of living adjustments.
Book Synopsis The Civil Service System of China by : Huang Lo
Download or read book The Civil Service System of China written by Huang Lo and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Does Increased Civil Service Pay Deter Corruption? by : Ting Gong
Download or read book Does Increased Civil Service Pay Deter Corruption? written by Ting Gong and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The temporal persistence and geographical prevalence of corruption in the world have provoked a vast amount of research into its causes. Low civil service remuneration, especially in less developed nations, is believed to be an important contributing factor to corruption. The assumption is that when salaries are low but expectations for service remains high, government officials may demand more compensation from informal or even illegal channels than what is officially sanctioned; hence, corruption arises. Accordingly, increased pay level is assumed to be effective in deterring corruption. Using China as a case, we argue that the relationship between civil service pay and corruption is not as simple as suggested. The empirical evidence gathered from China casts doubt on the assumed connection between the two to debunk the myth that increasing civil service pay contributes to the control of corruption. The article also presents the policy implications of the above analysis for human resource management and civil service governance.
Book Synopsis China's Civil Service Reform by : Wang Xiaoqi
Download or read book China's Civil Service Reform written by Wang Xiaoqi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A market economy and a more liberal society have brought great challenges to China’s outdated governance structure and personnel management. To improve decision-making in government and reshape the management system in face of a more complex economy, post-Mao authorities have implemented a number of administrative reforms, including civil service reform which emphasized on selecting and promoting public officials based on their capability and work performance. Thousands of positions have been filled since the civil service system was implemented nationwide in 1993. The Chinese civil service reform is of far-reaching significance because it had the potential to be a departure from the established structure of cadre personnel management system developed in the 1950s. However, after several years of policy development, scholars observe that the new reforms have done little to undermine the old cadre system. Is this true? Or does this conclusion over-simplify the complicated implementation of the reforms? This book examines the implementation and performance of the on-going civil service reforms in China. Using the principal-agent framework, the author draw upon key case studies showing how the reforms affect civil servants’ incentives and behavior in the local context and the Chinese leadership’s control over the bureaucracy. China’s reform experience speaks directly to many Asian countries facing urgent need to improve state capacity as the global financial crisis unfolds.
Book Synopsis Governance in China by : Jude Howell
Download or read book Governance in China written by Jude Howell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has paradoxically steered the development of a thriving capitalist economy. Unlike many faltering post-socialist states with fragile economies and weakly institutionalised democratic structures, China has witnessed a tide of economic entrepreneurialism that has raised living standards and the country's global economic stature. However, the strains of rapid economic change and the tensions between an increasingly liberalized economy and the partially reformed institutions of an authoritarian polity have become increasingly severe. Crucial to the success of further economic reform and development, good governance is the greatest challenge faced by the CCP. This groundbreaking book explores the key dimensions of governance in China. These include the prospects for political reform as a new generation of leaders comes to power and China enters the World Trade Organization; the processes of building institutions, such as developing a clean, competent, and meritocracy-based civil service, and improving the legislative framework; enhancing regime legitimacy through the sharing of power at lower levels and promoting citizen participation and voice; and finally the prevention and management of social discontent, with particular reference to worker unrest and the Falun Gong. Drawing on original fieldwork, the international group of authors provides a systematic analysis of the political, institutional, and economic causes underlying China's governance problems and considers the prospects for future social and political change.
Book Synopsis Public Administration in China by : Miriam K. Mills
Download or read book Public Administration in China written by Miriam K. Mills and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1993-08-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the very first studies of public administration by Chinese and Western experts who evaluate specific reforms, personnel administration and compensation, and administrative law.
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Book Synopsis Compensation Reform by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization
Download or read book Compensation Reform written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis State, Market, and Bureau-contracting in Reform China by : Yuen Yuen Ang
Download or read book State, Market, and Bureau-contracting in Reform China written by Yuen Yuen Ang and published by Stanford University. This book was released on 2009 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why and how has China succeeded as a developmental state despite a seemingly rents-ridden bureaucracy? Following conventional wisdom, "Weberian" bureaucracies are an institutional precondition for development, especially in interventionist states like China. However, my research finds that China's fast-growing economy has not been governed by a purely salaried civil service. Instead, Chinese bureaucracies still remain partially prebendal; at every level of government, each office systematically appropriates authority to generate income for itself. My study unravels the paradox of "developmentalism without Weberianness" by illuminating China's unique path of bureaucratic adaptation in the reform era -- labeled as bureau-contracting -- where contracting takes place within the state bureaucracy. In a bureau-contracting structure, the state at each level contracts the tasks of governance to its own bureaucracies, assigning them revenue-making privileges and property rights over income earned in exchange for services rendered. Contrasting previous emphases on the prevalence of illicit corruption in China, my study shows how and why bureaucracies in this context are actually authorized by the state to profit from public office. Specifically, I identify two factors that constrain arbitrary and excessively predatory behavior among Chinese bureaucracies: first, mechanisms of rents management, and second, the mediation of narrow departmental interests by local developmental incentives. In short, I argue that it is the combination of an incentive-compatible fiscal design and increasingly sophisticated instruments of oversight that have sustained an otherwise unorthodox structure of governance in China. In a phrase, bureau-contracting presents a high-powered but opportunistic alternative to the Weberian ideal-type. The Chinese experience suggests that "market-compatible" bureaucratic institutions need not necessarily conform to -- and may even diverge significantly -- from standard Western models, at least at early stages of development. My research draws on interviews with 165 cadres across different regions and governmental sectors, as well as statistical analysis of previously unavailable budget data.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Public Policy and Public Administration in China by : Xiaowei Zang
Download or read book Handbook of Public Policy and Public Administration in China written by Xiaowei Zang and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook offers a critical analysis of the major theoretical and empirical issues in public policy and public administration in China. Investigating methodological, theoretical, and conceptual themes, it provides an insightful reflection on how China is governed.
Book Synopsis Competitive Salaries for Competent & Honest Government by :
Download or read book Competitive Salaries for Competent & Honest Government written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Globalization and Public Sector Reform in China by : Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard
Download or read book Globalization and Public Sector Reform in China written by Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses public sector reform comprehensively in all parts of China’s public sector – government bureaucracy, public service units and state-owned enterprises. It argues that reform of the public sector has become an issue of great concern to the Chinese leaders, who realize that efficient public administration is key to securing the regime’s governing capacity and its future survival. The book shows how thinking about public sector reform has shifted in recent decades from a quantitative emphasis on 'small government', which involved the reduction in size of what was perceived as a bloated bureaucracy, to an emphasis on the quality of governance, which may result in an increase in public sector personnel. The book shows how, although Western ideas about public sector reform have had an impact, Chinese government continues to be best characterized as 'state capitalism', with the large state-owned enterprises continuing to play an important – and increasing – role in the economy and in business. However, state-owned enterprises no longer provide care for large numbers of people from the cradle to the grave – finding an alternative, efficient way of delivering basic welfare and health care is the big challenge facing China’s public sector.
