Continuity and Change in Postconflict Sierra Leone: Why Politics Matters for Infrastructure Sector Reform

Larizza, Marco; Srivastava, Vivek; Sethi, Kavita

doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-0121-1_ch7

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“…A recent study of Sierra Leone is in a way a concrete example of Booth's assertion, depicting a “political equilibrium … (where) … national elites … adopt neopatrimonial strategies to maintain power and ensure political survival” (Larizza, Srivastava, & Sethi, , p. 183).…”

Section: The Politics Of Reformmentioning

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New directions for public service reform in developing countries

McCourt

2018

Public Admin & Development

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Summary This paper argues that recent developments in practice and theory provide a more promising basis for public service reform in developing countries than we have had since at least the turn of the century. There have been significant instances of large‐scale reform success, such as Nepal's Public Service Commission and Malaysia's delivery unit, Pemandu, and also “pockets of effectiveness” in individual agencies in many countries. They contribute to a more fruitful and diverse repertoire of reform approaches than generally realized. Policymakers can draw on all those instances and types of reform, together with relevant rich country experiences, as they improvise and tailor responses to their always unique reform problems. Proceeding in this way helps reformers to expand the “reform space” available within the political economy. Donors can help reformers if they facilitate reform in the spirit of the Busan Partnership rather than impose their preferred models. In short, the new direction which this paper identifies can be stated as creative problem solving by local actors facilitated by sympathetic donors, building on examples of reform success and drawing on a repertoire of poor and rich country reform approaches.

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Section: The Politics Of Reformmentioning

confidence: 99%

New directions for public service reform in developing countries

McCourt

2018

Public Admin & Development

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Continuity and Change in Postconflict Sierra Leone: Why Politics Matters for Infrastructure Sector Reform

Cited by 1 publication

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New directions for public service reform in developing countries

New directions for public service reform in developing countries

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