<title/> This article uses international comparisons to demonstrate the UK's relatively low spending on health care services and considers why extra money is being raised from National Insurance Contributions rather than from other sources of tax revenue. It outlines various options for measuring the...

Bailey S. J. and Fingland L. (2004) Convergence of public expenditures in UK territories, Regional Studies38, 845-858. The paper compares the relative levels of total and per capita public expenditures in the four UK territories of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales between 1985/86...

<title/> The Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) of the European Union has come under fire for failing to rein in budget deficits and for the ineffectiveness of its sanctions. By examining trends in public debt and budgetary positions, this article examines whether the SGP has met its objectives and...

This paper considers the causes and consequences of the crisis in the public finances of EU member states and other countries. It critically appraises the proposed 'cures' and whether they are likely to be successful by analysing 'structural gaps' in the public finances. The paper theorizes the...

In the Summer 2013 issue of <italic>The Review of Faith & International Affairs</italic>, experts on eight countries of East/Southeast Asia-China (Fenggang Yang), Indonesia (Robert W. Hefner), Singapore (Mathew Mathews), the Philippines (Jayeel Cornelio), Burma (Mikael Gravers), Vietnam (James F. Lewis), Laos...

<title>Abstract</title> This research examines the experience of stakeholders of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). The local authorities’ accounts of engaging stakeholders are compared against the stakeholders’ experience of being engaged. The findings suggest that the increasing procedures and tools...

The Labour Government recently stated that access is a cornerstone of all its cultural policies, including those for museums and galleries. This paper therefore outlines a robust paradigm by means of which the impact of admission charges on access can be analysed. In applying that paradigm to...

Laos is an under-researched state, and religious freedom is an especially under-researched topic. Future research should examine: the extent to which experiences with the free market (especially as it relates to foreign investment), diverse sources of information, foreign educational...

The contemporary understanding of public sector risk management entails a broadening of the traditional bureaucratic approach to risk beyond the boundaries of purely financial risks. However, evidence suggests that in reality public sector risk management does not always match the rhetoric. This...