The Reform of public sector management
Subtitle: lessons from experience
By: Country Economics Department.
Contributors: World Bank. Country Economics Dept.
Series: Policy and research series,; 18; Policy & research series ;; 18.
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
Subjects: World Bank -- Developing countries.; Public administration -- Developing countries.; Administrative agencies -- Developing countries -- Management.; Government business enterprises -- Developing countries.; Developing countries -- Economic policy.
Description: This paper assesses the efforts of the World Bank to improve management in the public sectors of its borrower countries. It identifies the problems that created the need for Bank involvement, reviews the steps taken and the instruments used by the Bank to help correct these problems, and assesses which of these steps have accomplished their goals, and which have not. The paper's specific objectives are threefold: (a) to evaluate the Bank's practical achievements in strengthening public agencies; (b) to offer governments and Bank staff guidence on design and implementation of reform programs; and (c) to map out the issues and areas where prescription can only be partial because knowledge is insufficient, and where more work and reflection are needed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 42-43).