The new public management: context and practice in Africa

Hope, Kempe Ronald

doi:10.1016/s1096-7494(01)00053-8

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“…This argument is in line with thinking of other developing countries which assume that local governments possess local knowledge and information which puts them in good positions to design policies and programs and render services which are consistent with local needs and circumstances (Hays and Kearney, 2001;Hope, 2001). Similar argument is used to justify the decentralization of recruitment and selection function to local government with the assumption that local governments are disposed of information about local condition which makes them capable of recruiting their staff more efficiently and effectively (Coggburn, 2001;Njovu, 2013).…”

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confidence: 58%

“…One of the key assumptions of decentralization theory is that proximity between government and citizens increases the citizen"s control on service delivery (Hope, 2001). This argument is in line with thinking of other developing countries which assume that local governments possess local knowledge and information which puts them in good positions to design policies and programs and render services which are consistent with local needs and circumstances (Hays and Kearney, 2001;Hope, 2001).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Explaining the Performance of Decentralized Recruitment in Tanzania Local Government Authorities on Institutional Context Perspective

Lameck¹

2017

International Journal of Political Science

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confidence: 99%

Explaining the Performance of Decentralized Recruitment in Tanzania Local Government Authorities on Institutional Context Perspective

Lameck¹

2017

International Journal of Political Science

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“…In poor countries like Eritrea pay plays a great role in public employees' motivation. There are reports that many countries, including the Gambia and Guinea, have made considerable progress in simplifying their grading structures (Hope, 2002). This, in turn, has acted as a magnet to attract and motivate some top professionals including those with scarce skills such as physicians and accountants.…”

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confidence: 99%

Public administration reform in Eritrea: Past trends and emerging challenges

Habtom¹

2014

J. Public Adm. Policy Res.

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Public administration has always been the tool available to African governments for the implementation of developmental goals and objectives. It is seen as being crucial to the growth and development of African economies. To this end efforts have been made in many African countries to increase efficiency through decentralization, restructuring and privatization. This study presents Eritrea's public administration reform experience, and assesses the extent to which Eritrea has taken up New Public Management reforms. The aim is to show the outcome of reforms on civil service, public enterprises and local government management. It is found that in Eritrea there is a need for periodic review and continuous administrative reform. In the civil service there are absence of promotion, retirement, and lack of competitive wages and salary increments. In local government there are lack of administrative capacity, absence of clear accountability lines and fiscal decentralization, and lack of coordination and information sharing among local government units and line ministries. The Eritrean government should now emphasize on investment in developing human capital towards effective policy formulation, analysis, implementation and evaluation, and on the reform of the public sector itself besides privatization aimed at allowing public enterprises to operate more efficiently and effectively.

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“…Over the past 20 years, "New Public Management" (NPM) has become a short-hand term with a set of management techniques and practices associated with structure and operation of public administration which brought changes in the management and delivery of public services in both developing and industrial-world (Hood, 1991;Matheson & Kwon, 2003). The various ideas and themes of NPM may be put into two strands, the one emphasizing managerial improvement and organizational restructuring, and other emphasizing markets and competition as a way of giving choice and "voice" to users and promoting efficiency in service delivery (Denhardt&Denhardt, 2000;Hope, 2002;Pierre et al 2003).…”

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Outsourcing and Local Public Administration: Water and Sanitation Services Delivery and Women Participation in Urban Areas

BeBe¹,

Wang²

2016

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Women in developing countries are the majority of those who access and use water and sanitation services but women"s low participation at decision making level in outsourcing and limited representation of women in services departments of local public administration are major obstruction to include women"s interests. The purpose of this paper is to analyze perceptions of women citizens and local officials regarding water and sanitation services delivery situation, women responsive requirements and gender equality at decision making level in outsourcing. In order to conduct an empirical research, this paper has used multifactor structured questionnaire and for this purpose population of public sector local officials including women and women citizens are taken to ascertain the rationale of the study field. Women are most dissatisfied with the services, women responsive requirements and gender equality at decision making level while preparing the outsourcing requirements of services delivery but local officials hold more positive feelings. This study also finds that there is inadequate representation of women in the front line of basic public services organizations such as water and sanitation. It is important for public organizations to include women and women should get involvement in outsourcing requirements to improve water and sanitation services.

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The new public management: context and practice in Africa

Cited by 91 publications

References 20 publications

Explaining the Performance of Decentralized Recruitment in Tanzania Local Government Authorities on Institutional Context Perspective

Explaining the Performance of Decentralized Recruitment in Tanzania Local Government Authorities on Institutional Context Perspective

Public administration reform in Eritrea: Past trends and emerging challenges

Outsourcing and Local Public Administration: Water and Sanitation Services Delivery and Women Participation in Urban Areas

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