01124pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002300040245012300063260000900186300001500195362000800210520069400218650002600912773005200938180718b2013   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aGrindle, Merilee S  aPublic sector reform as problem solving? Comment on the World Banks public sector management approach for 2011 to 2020  c2013  ap.398-405.  aSep  aThe World Bank has recently released its Public Sector Management (PSM) Approach for 2011-20. This commentary reviews the core messages of this document and then indicates how it embodies a convergence between academic research and practice in its approach and analytic framework. It then presents a 'thought experiment' about how practitioners might bring scholarship and practice together as suggested by the PSM approach. Nevertheless, effective implementation of the approach will depend on the convergence between the path it lays out for practice and the incentives that World Bank officials face in efforts to improve public sector management in real-world situations. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration  aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences