Reforming the African Public Sector. Retrospect and Prospects - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reforming the African Public Sector. Retrospect and Prospects write by Joseph R. A. Ayee. This book was released on 2008. Reforming the African Public Sector. Retrospect and Prospects available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reforming the African Public Sector: Retrospect and Prospectsis an in-depth and wide-ranging review of the available literature on African public sector reforms. It illustrates several differing country experiences to buttress the main observations and conclusions. It adopts a structural/institutional approach which underpins most of the reform efforts on the continent. To contextualize reform of the public sector and understand its processes, dynamics and intricacies, the book examines the state and state capacity building in Africa, especially when there can be no state without an efficient public sector. In addition, the book addresses a number of theories such as the new institutional economics, public choice and new public management, which have in one way or another influenced most of the initiatives implemented under public sector reform in Africa. There is also a survey of the three phases of public sector reform which have emerged and the balance sheet of reform strategies, namely, decentralization, privatization, deregulation, agencification, co-production and public-private partnerships. It concludes by identifying possible alternative approaches such as developing a vigorous public sector ethos and sustained capacity building to promote and enhance the renewal and reconstruction of the African public sector within the context of the New Partnerships for Africa's Development (NEPAD), good governance and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Thirty Years of Public Sector Reforms in Africa
Thirty Years of Public Sector Reforms in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Thirty Years of Public Sector Reforms in Africa write by Paulos Chanie. This book was released on 2013. Thirty Years of Public Sector Reforms in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Over the past three decades, African countries have been reforming their public sector with a view to improving efficiency, effectiveness, accountability and transparency as part of efforts to improve the delivery of public services. Reform actions have included privatisation, public/private partnerships, commercialisation and adoption of private sector approaches in managing public organisations. This book, put together by OSSREA, reviews measures by African countries in that regard, the extent to which the measures have achieved their intended results, as well as the factors behind the failure to achieve those results, where this was the case.
Reforming the Malawian Public Sector
Reforming the Malawian Public Sector - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reforming the Malawian Public Sector write by Richard I. C. Tambulasi. This book was released on 2010. Reforming the Malawian Public Sector available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reforming the Malawian Public Sector argues that the new public management model that Malawi, like most African countries, adopted under the influence of donor organisations has not led to the intended development. The book examines decentralisation, performance contracting, and public-private partnerships as key aspects of the reforms and comes to the conclusion that at best, it can be argued that the failures have been due to poor implementation and this could be attributed to the fact that the process was led by donors who lacked the necessary institutional infrastructure. The book uses the 2005/6 fertiliser subsidy programme, which the government embarked on despite donor resistance that it went against market models, but which turned out to be overwhelmingly successful to demonstrate the stateís developmental ability and potential. This volume is essential reading for academics, students, and practitioners seeking a deeper understanding of public administration, management, policy, development and governance in Africa and the rest of the developing world. The book is dedicated to the memory Guy Mhone, a Malawian, who was among Africaís leading scholars in public administration and governance. His works focused mainly on public sector reforms and development.
Privatization and Alternative Public Sector Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa
Privatization and Alternative Public Sector Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Privatization and Alternative Public Sector Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa write by K. Bayliss. This book was released on 2007-11-12. Privatization and Alternative Public Sector Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. it is increasingly apparent that the privatization experiment in sub-Saharan Africa has failed. This book shows that the state is set to dominate service delivery for the foreseeable future in much of the region, and that the public sector must be considered as a viable policy option for the delivery of water and electricity.
Reforming Africa's Institutions
Reforming Africa's Institutions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reforming Africa's Institutions write by Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa. This book was released on 2003. Reforming Africa's Institutions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There is not a single African country that did not attempt public sector reforms in the 1990s. Governments no longer see themselves as sole suppliers of social services, frequently opting for partnerships with the private sector. Efficiency and choice have entered the language of the planning and implementation units of Africa's line ministries, while privatization is no longer the controversial subject it was a decade ago. There have also been moves towards more open and democratic governments. Reforming Africa's Institutions looks at the extent to which reforms undertaken in Sub-Saharan Africa in recent years have enhanced institutional capacities across the breadth of government. To what extent have reforms been internalized and defended by governments? The authors also look specifically at the impact of public sector reforms on these economies and pose the question whether 'ownership can be attained when countries continue to be heavily dependent on external support. The volume is presented in three parts. The first focuses on the issue of reform ownership; on the issues of governance, the political economy of reform ownership, and the contradictions inherent in using aid as an instrument for enhancing domestic reform ownership. Part two examines the nature of incentives in the African civil service and the reforms undertaken in recent years to raise public sector efficiency in Africa. The third part discusses issues related to institutional capabilities in Africa and how they have been affected by the reforms undertaken in the 1990s, including privatization and movement towards political pluralism.
