Comparative Study on Budgetary Processes of Local Authorities in Britain and Japan

在1993-94年度，我已准备了随后两年的研究，并收集了制作问卷的材料，问卷将于1994年发送给日本地方当局。我的论文《香川县地方政府的预算制定与议员的作用》发表后，虽然这项研究不是由科学研究基金资助进行的，但我的论文内容与本研究密切相关。074个市（石、州和儿子），答复率为92.4%，这是一个相当高的百分比，从判断任何标准来看，都反映了所有地方当局的确切情况。我只想提两点，这似乎是我研究中的新发现。第一，我问地方当局是否制定了长期计划或强调预算的年度计划。73.4%的 ...更多信息 调查发现，日本东部80%的市政府制定了这两项计划，但日本西部不到70%的市政府制定了这两项计划。第二，我问他们在制订财政预算时，是如何咨询居民的意见。66.2%的回答是他们仔细考虑了居民对预算案的请愿。我的研究的两篇论文发表于1995年。1995-96年，我制作了一份问卷，有33个问题，并在1995年秋季，这些问卷被发送给英格兰和威尔士的444个地方当局。我要求在1995年12月29日之前收到答复。1996年1月16日和1996年2月28日，向地方当局发出了提醒函，但地方当局尚未作出答复。到一九九六年三月二十七日为止，回应率为60.1%，估计最终回应率为65%。我想我的研究会很成功，这要归功于英格兰和威尔士地方政府官员的勤奋，我关于英国地方政府的研究论文将于1997年发表。少

In 1993-94 I had prepared the research for the following two years and collected materials for making the questionnaire which would be sent to local authorities in Japan in 1994. My paper on budget making of local authorities and the role of councillors in Kagawa Prefecture was published, though this reserach was not carried out by the grant-in-aid for scientific research, but the contents of my paper are closely related with the present research.In 1994-95 the questionnaires which have 35 questions on budgetary processes on local authorities in Japan were sent to 1,074 municipalities (shi, chou and son) and response rate is 92.4%, which is of quite high percentage and has reflected the exact profile of all local authorities from judging any standards. I would like to mention only two points which seem to be the new discovery in my research. First, I asked whether the long-term plan or the yearly plan which would underline the budget were made by the local authorities. The 73.4% of all … More municipalities had made those ones and it was found that 80% of municipalities in eastern part of Japan had made those two plans, but below 70% of municipalities in western part of Japan made those plans. Second, I asked how they had consulted the residents when they were making budget. 66.2% of all answers is that they had considered carefully the petitions from residents towards the budget.The two papers on my research were published in 1995In 1995-96 I made the questionnaire which has 33 questions and in autumn 1995, those questionnaires were sent to 444 local authorities in England and Wales. I asked to have the answers sent by 29th December, 1995. On 16th January, 1996 and 28th February, 1996 the reminding letters were sent out to the local authorities which did not respond yet. By 27th March, 1996, the response rate is 60.1%, and the estimated response rate will be ultimately 65%. I think my research will be the successful one thanks to the diligent local government officers in England and Wales.The paper on my research on British local authorities will be published in 1997. Less