Getting good government
Subtitle: capacity building in the public sectors of developing countries
By: edited by Merilee S. Grindle.
Contributors: Grindle, Merilee Serrill.
Series: Harvard studies in international development
Publisher: Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [Cambridge, MA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
Subjects: Administrative agencies -- Developing countries.; Civil service -- Developing countries -- Personnel management.; Government productivity -- Developing countries.; Political planning -- Developing countries.
Description: This book seeks to help understand how governments can be encouraged to perform better and how state capabilities can be developed in ways that allow markets and democracies to flourish. The contributors draw comparative lessons from specific efforts designed to enhance human resource development in the public sector, to strengthen organizations that contribute to the public purpose of government, and to reform the institutions that set the rules for economic and political interaction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-485) and index.