01399pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002400040245008800064260000900152300001400161362000800175520100400183650002601187773005201213180718b2008   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aCejudo, Guilermo M.  aExplaining change in the Mexican public sector: the limits of new public management  c2008  ap.111-27.  aMar  aThe Mexican public sector has undergone significant transformations in recent decades. This article argues against the view that these changes are the result of New Public Management-style reforms. Even though the Mexican government has applied some of the tools associated with this paradigm, the essential NPM doctrines - granting more autonomy to public agencies and government officials, and using market merchanisms to promote competition in the public sector - have been absent from the agenda. The Mexican experience exposes two erroneous assumptions in the international debate about NPM: that there is a global trend of similar national reforms and that every change in the public sector is part of this new paradigm. Instead, the changes in the Mexican public sector are the result of incremental adjustments to two broader domestic processes; economic liberalization and political democratization - which have led to a smaller and relatively more accountable administration. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration  aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences