A Leadership Approach to Achieving Change in the Public Sector : The Case of Madagascar
Many leadership interventions in Madagascar and other countries have shown that focusing on leadership can be effective in leveraging and accelerating technical reforms in a variety of settings. Reinforcing leadership capacity is important because...
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| Format: | WBI Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/9092574/leadership-approach-achieving-change-public-sector-case-madagascar http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24177 |
| Summary: | Many leadership interventions in
Madagascar and other countries have shown that focusing on
leadership can be effective in leveraging and accelerating
technical reforms in a variety of settings. Reinforcing
leadership capacity is important because leaders play a
critical role in prioritizing, leveraging, modeling and
implementing reforms, and because they need new skills as
their roles and responsibilities change as a result of
reforms. This note tells the story of Madagascar's
transformation after the 2001 crisis. Emerging from crisis
and riddled with systemic and institutional barriers to
development, amply manifest in all of its systems,
structures, and in behaviors and perceptions at the
individual level, Madagascar made significant progress
through committed leadership and attention to systemic,
underlying dysfunctions. It is the story of how delivery of
customized support to those in power who are willing to make
a difference can unleash capacity. |
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