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100			_aPeters, Lucien
245			_aDownsizing the civil service in developing countries: golden handshakes or smiling farewells?
260			_c1998
300			_ap.381-86
362			_aOct
520			_aSome 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			_aCivil service - Developing countries
650			_aAdministrative reform
773			_aPublic Administration and Development
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