Contracting Out Government Functions and Services [electronic resource]: Emerging Lessons from Post-Conflict and Fragile Situations /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
African Development Bank.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2009.
This second volume of the Partnership for Democratic Governance Series investigates whether ‘contracting out’ core government functions and services has been conducive to capacity development. Each case study discusses the evidence and emerging lessons of contracting out in fragile and post-conflict situations. The chapters contained in this publication first appeared as contributions to the Partnership for Democratic Governance's collaborative online platform, PDF Online. Through this platform, users are able to post comments on discussion papers, send messages to the authors and easily find ifnormation relevant to the topics covered in this publication. Selected as a 2009 Notable Document by the American Library Association Government Documents Round Table.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
Conference Background -- Contracting out Core State Functions and Services in Fragile and Post-Conflict Situations -- Rethinking the Provision of Public Services in Post-Conflict States -- List of Participants -- Contracting out Core Government Functions and Services in Afghanistan -- Contracting out Core Government Functions and Services in Southern Sudan -- Keynote Speech by Professor Paul Collier -- Justice and Security as Public and Private Goods and Services -- Contracting out Health Services in Post-Conflict and Fragile Situations -- Preface -- Summary Record of Joint AfDB-PDG Conference (8-9 June 2009).
This second volume of the Partnership for Democratic Governance Series investigates whether ‘contracting out’ core government functions and services has been conducive to capacity development. Each case study discusses the evidence and emerging lessons of contracting out in fragile and post-conflict situations. The chapters contained in this publication first appeared as contributions to the Partnership for Democratic Governance's collaborative online platform, PDF Online. Through this platform, users are able to post comments on discussion papers, send messages to the authors and easily find ifnormation relevant to the topics covered in this publication. Selected as a 2009 Notable Document by the American Library Association Government Documents Round Table.
Contracting out.
Municipal services
Partnership for Democratic Governance