Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries : Capacity Challenges to Improve Services

The book critically examines some of the most topical and challenging issues confronting the public sector in developing countries in an era of globalization.

The contributors examine the potential and limits of managerial, fiscal and decentralization reforms, and highlight cases where selective use of some of the new management reforms has delivered positive results.

Looking into the future, the book provides lessons from the experience of implementing public sector reforms in developing countries.