Public Sector Reform in the Middle East and North Africa - Lessons of Experience for a Region in Transition (Paperback)

Critical examinations of efforts to make governments more efficient and responsive Political upheavals and civil wars in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have obscured efforts by many countries in the region to reform their public sectors. Unwieldy, unresponsive-and often corrupt-governments across the region have faced new pressure, not least from their publics, to improve the quality of public services and open up their decisionmaking processes. Some of these reform efforts were under way and at least partly successful before the outbreak of the Arab Spring in 2010. Reform efforts have continued in some countries despite the many upheavals since then. This book offers a comprehensive assessment of a wide range of reform efforts in nine countries. In six cases the reforms targeted core systems of government: Jordan's restructuring of cabinet operations, the Palestinian Authority's revision of public financial management, Morocco's voluntary retirement program, human resource management reforms in Lebanon, an e-governance initiative in Dubai, and attempts to improve transparency in Tunisia. Five other reform efforts tackled line departments of government, among them Egypt's attempt to improve tax collection and Saudi Arabia's work to improve service delivery and bill collection. Some of these reform efforts were more successful than others. This book examines both the good and the bad, looking not only at what each reform accomplished but at how it was implemented. The result is a series of useful lessons on how public sector reforms can be adopted in MENA.

General

Imprint:	Brookings Institution Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2020
Editors:	Robert P. Beschel • Tarik M. Yousef
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-0-8157-3697-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Public administration Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Civil service & public sector Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
LSN:	0-8157-3697-5
Barcode:	9780815736974

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