Alternative Paths to Public Financial Management and Public Sector Reform : Experiences from East Asia

Reforming public-sector organizations--their structures, policies, processes and practices--is notoriously difficult, in rich and poor countries alike. Even in the most favorable of circumstances, the scale and complexity of the tasks to be undertaken are enormous, requiring levels of coordination a...

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Main Authors:	So, Sokbunthoeun, Woolcock, Michael, April, Leah, Hughes, Caroline, Smithers, Nicola
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2018
Subjects:	PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM DECENTRALIZATION REFORM BUDGET MANAGEMENT SERVICE DELIVERY PERFORMANCE BUDGETING PROGRAM BUDGETING REVENUE MOBILIZATION BUREAUCRACY REFORM CIVIL SERVICE REFORM CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29924

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spelling	okr-10986-299242021-04-23T14:04:55Z Alternative Paths to Public Financial Management and Public Sector Reform : Experiences from East Asia So, Sokbunthoeun Woolcock, Michael April, Leah Hughes, Caroline Smithers, Nicola So, Sokbunthoeun Woolcock, Michael April, Leah Hughes, Caroline Smithers, Nicola PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM DECENTRALIZATION REFORM BUDGET MANAGEMENT SERVICE DELIVERY PERFORMANCE BUDGETING PROGRAM BUDGETING REVENUE MOBILIZATION BUREAUCRACY REFORM CIVIL SERVICE REFORM CHANGE MANAGEMENT Reforming public-sector organizations--their structures, policies, processes and practices--is notoriously difficult, in rich and poor countries alike. Even in the most favorable of circumstances, the scale and complexity of the tasks to be undertaken are enormous, requiring levels of coordination and collaboration that may be without precedent for those involved. Entirely new skills may need to be acquired by tens of thousands of people. Compounding these logistical challenges is the pervasive reality that circumstances often are not favorable to large-scale reform. Whether a country is rich or poor, the choice is not whether, but how, to reform the public sector--how optimal design characteristics, robust political support, and enhanced organizational capability to implement and adapt will be forged over time. This edited volume helps address the “how” question. It brings together reform experiences in public financial management and the public sector more broadly from eight country cases in East Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, and Vietnam. These countries are at different stages of reform; most of the reform efforts would qualify as successes, while some had mixed outcomes, and others could be considered failures. The focus of each chapter is less on formally demonstrating success (or not) of specific reform, but on documenting how reformers maneuvered within different country contexts to achieve specific outcomes. Despite the great difficulty in reforming the public sector, decision-makers can draw renewed energy and inspiration, learning from those countries, sectors, and subnational spaces where substantive (not merely cosmetic) change has been achieved, and they can identify what pitfalls to avoid. 2018-06-26T17:11:23Z 2018-06-26T17:11:23Z 2018-06-26 Book 978-1-4648-1316-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29924 English International Development in Focus; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication East Asia and Pacific Cambodia Indonesia Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Myanmar Papua New Guinea Thailand Vietnam
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description	Reforming public-sector organizations--their structures, policies, processes and practices--is notoriously difficult, in rich and poor countries alike. Even in the most favorable of circumstances, the scale and complexity of the tasks to be undertaken are enormous, requiring levels of coordination and collaboration that may be without precedent for those involved. Entirely new skills may need to be acquired by tens of thousands of people. Compounding these logistical challenges is the pervasive reality that circumstances often are not favorable to large-scale reform. Whether a country is rich or poor, the choice is not whether, but how, to reform the public sector--how optimal design characteristics, robust political support, and enhanced organizational capability to implement and adapt will be forged over time. This edited volume helps address the “how” question. It brings together reform experiences in public financial management and the public sector more broadly from eight country cases in East Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, and Vietnam. These countries are at different stages of reform; most of the reform efforts would qualify as successes, while some had mixed outcomes, and others could be considered failures. The focus of each chapter is less on formally demonstrating success (or not) of specific reform, but on documenting how reformers maneuvered within different country contexts to achieve specific outcomes. Despite the great difficulty in reforming the public sector, decision-makers can draw renewed energy and inspiration, learning from those countries, sectors, and subnational spaces where substantive (not merely cosmetic) change has been achieved, and they can identify what pitfalls to avoid.
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title	Alternative Paths to Public Financial Management and Public Sector Reform : Experiences from East Asia
title_short	Alternative Paths to Public Financial Management and Public Sector Reform : Experiences from East Asia
title_full	Alternative Paths to Public Financial Management and Public Sector Reform : Experiences from East Asia
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Alternative Paths to Public Financial Management and Public Sector Reform : Experiences from East Asia

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