000			01790pab a2200157 454500
008			180718b2016 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aFritz, Verena
245			_aFrom form to function to sustainable solutions? reforming public sectors in low income countries: new approaches and available evidence of "what works"
260			_c2016
300			_ap.299-312.
362			_aDec
520			_aThe article reviews the evidence about success of public sector reforms in low and middle income countries, external support for such reforms, and recent ideas of how such support could be better designed and implemented. Enthusiasm for supporting public sector reforms has decreased over the past decade, and available data suggest that there has been little overall improvement. However, it also indicates that a small number of countries have significantly strengthened their public sectors over the past 10 to 20?years. The article then reviews five new approaches that have been proposed for better supporting public sector reforms. It looks at how they diagnose what has not worked and the implications of what should be carried out differently. Furthermore, it explores to what extent the available evidence of overall stagnation as well as of success cases fits with these proposed alternatives, to gauge to what extent they are likely to make a difference. The final section sets out the implications. Development agencies should seek to deliberately test a combination of the proposed alternative approaches, particularly in more difficult contexts, taking political feasibility as a basis and adding other elements. The urgency to make progress remains high. - Reproduced.
650			_aAdministrative reform
773			_aPublic Administration and Development
909			_a113800
999			_c113794 _d113794