Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries

RICHARD BATLEY Professor of Development Administration, International Development Department, School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham, UKWILLY MCCOURT Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, Institute for Development and Management, University of Manchester, UKANDREW NICKSON Reader in Public Management and Latin American Development, International Development Department, University of Birmingham, UKBAMIDELE OLOWU Principal Governance Adviser, African Development Bank, Tunis, TunisiaPAUL SMOKE Associate Professor and Director of International Programmes, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, USAOLE THERKILDSEN Senior Research Fellow, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark

• List of Tables, Boxes and Figures Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction; Y.Bangura & G.A.Larbi PART I: MANAGERIAL REFORM Applying the New Public Management in Developing Countries; G.A.Larbi Elusive Public Sector Reform in East and Southern Africa; O.Therkildsen Public Sector Management Reform in Latin America; A.Nickson Capacity to Deliver? Management, Institutions and Public Services in Developing Countries; R.Batley & G.A.Larbi PART II: FISCAL REFORM Fiscal and Capacity Building Reform; Y.Bangura Employment and Pay Reform in Developing and Transition Societies; W. McCourt PART III: DECENTRALIZATION REFORM Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries: Theory and Practice; P.Smoke Decentralization Policies and Practices Under Adjustment and Democratization in Africa; B.Olowu Public-Private Partnerships and Pro-Poor Development: The Experience of the Cordoba Water Concession in Argentina; A.Nickson CONCLUSION Public Sector Reform: What are the Lessons of Experience? G.A.Larbi & Y.Bangura Index