01553pab a2200157 454500008004000000100002700040245009500067260000900162300001500171362000800186520107700194650002601271650002601297700003001323773004201353180718b2015   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBrinkerhoff, Derick W.  aPublic sector management reform in developing countries: perspectives beyond NPM orthodoxy  c2015  ap.222-237.  aOct  aWith the passage of time and the accumulation of experience, the hegemony of the New Public Management (NPM) (now no longer new) as the dominant approach to public sector reform has weakened, particularly as applied to developing countries. What alternative frameworks for theory and practice offer insights and guidance beyond the NPM orthodoxy? This article offers some answers to this question and draws upon the contributions to this special issue to explore four analytic strands that constitute post-NPM approaches to reform: political economy and institutions, public management function over form, iterative and adaptive reform processes, and individual and collective agency. The discussion highlights the significance of functional mimicry, the challenges of measuring results, the practical difficulties in achieving contextual fit and accounting for the inherent uncertainty in reform processes, the tensions between ownership and outside expertise, and unpacking political economy dynamics within various micro-contexts and across regime types. - Reproduced.   aPublic administration  aAdministrative reform  aBrinkerhoff, Jennifer, M.  aPublic Administration and Development