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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Peters, Lucien |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
| Title |
Downsizing the civil service in developing countries: golden handshakes or smiling farewells? |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1998 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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p.381-86 |
| 362 ## - DATES OF PUBLICATION AND/OR SEQUENTIAL DESIGNATION |
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Oct |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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Some researchers have suggested innovative ways to successfully implement civil service reform in developing countries. Although most approaches to implementing public sector management reform are still very much process-driven, and focus almost exclusively on civil service reform, long-term success in making the public sector more efficient may be better assured if civil service reform is but one outcome of a broader public sector management reform agenda. Particularly, re-focussing from traditional input-driven reform thinking towards output-oriented measures, such as the introduction of accrual budgeting in the public sector, may well result in greater popular acceptance and, thus, longer-term success for sensitive reform programs. Although output-driven accrual budgeting is by no means a panacea for all public sector illnesses, it can at least set the scene for profound and durable cultural change in the public sector. - Reproduced |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Civil service - Developing countries |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Administrative reform |
| 773 ## - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
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Public Administration and Development |
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