Administrative Reform in Developing Nations

Sheds valuable light on administrative reform in developing nations and provides lessons for future policy actions. Administrative reform has become a widespread challenge to national and sub-national governments around the globe. Under pressure from the World Bank, the international Monetary Funds and the World Trade Organization governments of both industrialized and less developed nations have undertaken extensive reforms and reorganization to streamline their public sectors. This volume, with chapters written by authorities from around the world, provides information on administrative reform in varied nations. Developing nations face acute problems on a daily basis, making administrative reform an essential function of public administration. With chapters devoted to experiences in such nations as Korea, India, Iran, Turkey, the Arab States, Nigeria, and South Africa, this volume sheds valuable light on administrative reform in developing countries and provides lessons for future policy actions.