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100			_aHammond, Felix
245			_aThe relative efficiency of land sector public bureaucracies in Ghana
260			_c2009
300			_ap.80-102.
362			_aJan
520			_aThis article investigates the causes and scale of land-related public service inefficiencies in Ghana. Public choice theorists contend that the primary cause of inefficiency of public service agencies is their tendency to grow excessively. The finding of the study did not support the excessive growth proposition as far as the land-related public service agencies in Ghana are concerned. on the contrary, the evidence suggests that the agencies in question are shrinking in size, with some experiencing deficit budgetary growth rate of approximately - 28.7% (Land title Registry). Large proportions of inefficiencies were rather discovered in nontraditional (hidden) sources, such as insufficient budgets, misallocations of limited funds, and imbalances in the structure of the respective workforces of these agencies. These have led to heightened intensity of rent-seeking activities, inertia, lack of customer care, abuse of procedures, general dearth of professionalism, and considerable delays in the delivery of services. - Reproduced.
650			_aBureaucracy - Africa
650			_aLand tenure - Africa
650			_aLand tenure
700			_aProverbs, David
700			_aBooth, Colin
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a82040
999			_c82040 _d82040