Handbook of Public Management in Africa

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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This forward-thinking Handbook provides a thorough and comprehensive guide on the positive prospects for public management and governance across the African continent. Exploring best practices learned by public management and governments in the region, this book examines Africa’s ability to leapfrog developed nations in the adoption and adaptation of managerial models, techniques and applications for government.Literature on governance on the African continent is often pervaded with examples of poor leadership, low managerial competency, failing infrastructure, corruption and malpractice. Adopting a comparatively constructive and pragmatic approach, this Handbook explores the broad spectrum of government functions and operations across the continent to outline examples of optimal public policy implementation and performance improvement of public institutions. Bringing together over 30 eminent scholars from the five main African regions, it delivers a comparative analysis of cases and examples in order to ascertain best practice and build effective frameworks for the future.This essential Handbook will appeal to students and scholars of public administration and management, political science, developmental studies and planning and policy development. It will also be of great benefit to public sector practitioners, political representatives and development agencies looking to learn from African public management.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-12-08
Mått169 x 244 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieElgar Handbooks in Public Administration and Management
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781803929385

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Contents:Introduction: public management from an African perspective 1 Gerrit van der Waldt PART I PUBLIC MANAGEMENT IN AN AFRICAN CONTEXT 1 The dynamic world of public management 10 Thekiso Molokwane 2 Public management in Africa 29 Benon C. Basheka 3 Systems of government: a comparative analysis of selected African countries 48 Gerrit van der Waldt 4 Good governance in Africa in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution 61 David Mhlanga and Mufaro Dzingirai 5 Good corporate governance in state-owned entities: the case of Zimbabwe 74 Gideon Zhou 6 Monitoring and evaluation in government: the case of South African municipalities 92 Nokukhanya N. Jili and Andrew Enaifoghe PART II PUBLIC MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS 7 Public policymaking in Africa: experiences of Zimbabwe 108 Hardlife Zvoushe 8 Public financial management in Africa 131 Benson B. Okech and Nicholas D. Ogola 9 Governance and debt accumulation in Africa 151 Augustin K. Fosu and Dede W. Gafa 10 Government planning in Africa 169 Innocent Chirisa and Zebediah Muneta 11 Local and urban governance in Africa: the case of Zimbabwe 187 Vincent Chakunda 12 Ethical governance in Africa: the case of Nigeria 209 Chinyeaka J. Igbokwe-Ibeto 13 Managing human resources in government: the case of Botswana 227 Theophilus T. Tshukudu 14 Public health governance in Africa 235 Gerrit van der Waldt 15 Conflict, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and social cohesion in African governance 247 Eric B. Niyitunga 16 Fostering democratic governance in Africa: the case of SADC 264 Paul Kariuki PART III EMERGING TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES TO PUBLIC MANAGEMENT 17 Public sector reform and innovation in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Ghana 279 Joseph R.A. Ayee 18 Network and collaborative governance in Africa 300 Elvin Shava 19 Public–private partnerships and environmental governance: the case of South Africa 316 Danielle Nel-Sanders 20 Managing sustainable development in African countries 335 Alex Nduhuura, Muhiya T. Lukamba, John P. Settumba, Ivan K. Twinomuhwezi and Innocent Nuwagaba 21 Towards digital governance in Africa 355 Adedeji Adeniran, Adekunle Balogun and Ezra Ihezie Closing remarks: public management quo vadis? 374 Gerrit van der Waldt Index 377 HAAF_

‘As much of public management literature is focused on Western countries and their emphasis on efficiency, effectiveness, and economy, this edited volume on African public management is most welcome given its focus on community and consensus-building. To place public management in its political, historical, and cultural context with attention for all government levels is most welcome. Van der Waldt has done Africa and the study of public administration a great service.’