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The Provider/Purchaser Split: A Report from New Zealand
Author(s) -
Ormsby Maurice J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.46
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1468-0491
pISSN - 0952-1895
DOI - 10.1111/0952-1895.00075
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , goods and services , public administration , business , health care , public economics , public relations , economics , political science , economic growth , economy , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science
This article focuses on a narrow topic: the provider/purchaser split. It discusses the theoretical arguments justifying the separation of state agencies providing goods and services from the agencies which purchase those services on behalf of government. It also discusses some of the main criticisms of the theory and briefly reviews application of the theory to reform of New Zealand's state sector provision of policy advice, health care and scientific services.