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100			_aSamaratunge, Ramanie
245			_aThe new public management reforms in Asia: a comparison of south and southeast Asian countries
260			_c2008
300			_ap.25-46.
362			_aMar
520			_aIt has been recognized that there is a need for a cross-country analysis that can be used to identify the factors that contribute to the problems of state incapacity in South and Southeast Asian nations. In taking up this challenge, we explore selected initiatives of new public management (NPM) in the region to analyse cross-country variations. For this purpose we have chosen four South and Southeast Asian countries, namely: Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This article examines how the contextual factors, namely political history, party politics, macroeconomic considerations, state tradition, role of International Development Agencies (IDAs) and the state of civil society, influence the nature and the outcome NPM initiatives in these four countries. We argue that contextual factors played a determining role for which Singapore and Malaysia are relatively successful on their own terms compared to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, which failed to achieve the expected benefits from NPM reforms. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration
650			_aAdministrative reform
700			_aTeicher, Julian
700			_aAlam, Quamrul
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
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909			_a77856
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