Using Regional Institutions to Improve the Quality of Public Services

Rationalizes that governments subcontract the delivery of some public services to regional organizations to access higher quality (and possibly lower cost) services than could be produced domestically. If outsourcing is feasible in fragile states, bridging the gap between current poor quality public...

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Main Author:	Favaro, Edgardo M.
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	World Development Report 2011
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9249

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spelling	okr-10986-92492021-04-23T14:02:44Z Using Regional Institutions to Improve the Quality of Public Services Favaro, Edgardo M. World Development Report 2011 Rationalizes that governments subcontract the delivery of some public services to regional organizations to access higher quality (and possibly lower cost) services than could be produced domestically. If outsourcing is feasible in fragile states, bridging the gap between current poor quality public services and the type of services necessary to encourage development of a market economy is also possible within relevant development horizons. Eight examples of outsourcing from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Eastern Caribbean of government services are studied: central banking and regulation of the financial system (BCEAO, BEAC, and ECCB); justice provision (ECSC and OHADA), regulation of telecommunications (ECTEL and WATRA) and multi-country security arrangements (AU). The surge in contracting out since 1980 correlates to the increase in the number of independent states. It is easier to subcontract advisory aspects rather than executive aspects of services, but the costs of coordination and organization of service provision are high and have created a barrier to their development in some countries. Picking subcontractors with recognized prestige strengthens fledgling regional institutions. 2012-06-26T15:42:43Z 2012-06-26T15:42:43Z 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9249 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Africa Latin America & Caribbean
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description	Rationalizes that governments subcontract the delivery of some public services to regional organizations to access higher quality (and possibly lower cost) services than could be produced domestically. If outsourcing is feasible in fragile states, bridging the gap between current poor quality public services and the type of services necessary to encourage development of a market economy is also possible within relevant development horizons. Eight examples of outsourcing from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Eastern Caribbean of government services are studied: central banking and regulation of the financial system (BCEAO, BEAC, and ECCB); justice provision (ECSC and OHADA), regulation of telecommunications (ECTEL and WATRA) and multi-country security arrangements (AU). The surge in contracting out since 1980 correlates to the increase in the number of independent states. It is easier to subcontract advisory aspects rather than executive aspects of services, but the costs of coordination and organization of service provision are high and have created a barrier to their development in some countries. Picking subcontractors with recognized prestige strengthens fledgling regional institutions.
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title	Using Regional Institutions to Improve the Quality of Public Services
title_short	Using Regional Institutions to Improve the Quality of Public Services
title_full	Using Regional Institutions to Improve the Quality of Public Services
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Using Regional Institutions to Improve the Quality of Public Services

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