International Public Management Network
The Many Faces of Public Management Reform in Asia-Pacific: Moving Ahead Amidst Challenges and Opportunities in Emerging Markets
Chulalongkon University,
Bangkok, Thailand
7 – 9 July, 2008
(preliminary draft, 29 February, 2008)
Monday, 7 July, 2008
1500 Arrival and check-in (for most participants, the Pathumwan Princess Hotel, 444 Phayathai Road, Wangmai, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 Thailand. Tel: +66 (0) 2216-3700, Fax: +66 (0) 2216-3730
E-mail: ppb@dusit.com, rsvnppb@dusit.com
1700-1715 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
1715-1900 Public Management Reform in Asia-Pacific
Presenter: Krishna K. Tummala, Professor & Director, Graduate Program in Public Administration, Kansas State University
Moderator: Clay Wescott, Director, AGPI
Discussants:
1900-2000 Reception (appetizers and drinks available)
2000-2130 Dinner (all meals will be at the xxx restaurant, Pathumwan Princess Hotel, unless otherwise noted)
Tuesday, 8 July, 2008
0800-0900 Breakfast
0900-1300 "Combating corruption"
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 Combatting Corruption in Thailand.
Moderator
Discussants
1045-1115 Coffee Break
1300-1400 Lunch
1400-1700 "Managing Performance-1"
1. Soonhee Kim, After the Asian Financial Crisis: Government Performance, Democratic Governance, and Trust in Government in Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand.
2. Larry Cooley and Emil Bolongaita, Transforming Institutions for Greater Effectiveness and Results.
3. Suchitra Punyarathabandhu and Danny Unger, Managing Performance in a Context of Political Clientelism: Thailand.
Moderator
Discussants
1515-1545 Coffee Break
1700-1800 International Public Management Journal and Review editorial board meeting (for editorial board members). Convener: Larry Jones
1800-2100 Conference dinner (off-site, TBD)
Wednesday, 9 July, 2008
0800-0900 Breakfast
0900-1200 "Managing Performance-2"
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? Central agencies in search of new identities.
Moderator
Discussants
1015-1045 Coffee Break
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1600 Decentralization
1. David Craig and Doug Porter, Decentralisation, new institutional reforms, and the public good: Cambodian experiences; and Eng Netra, Decentralisation And Accountability In Cambodia (authors will collaborate on a joint paper).
2. Geoff Dixon and Danya Hakim, Budget Decentralisation Experience in Indonesia.
3. Charas Suwanmala, Fiscal Decentralization in Thailand.
1445-1515 Coffee Break
1600-1630 Concluding Remarks
Clay Wescott
Bidhya Bowornwathana
1730-1830 Pre-dinner appetizers and drinks
1830-2000 Conference dinner
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