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Context, Implementation And Economic Effects Of The New Public Management In Sierra Leone

Posted on:2011-06-17Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D S AiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166330338488495Subject:Public Management
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There has been a transformation in the management of the public sector of advance countries since the twentieth century (Owen .E. Hughes 2002). This transformation cannot be limited only to the western world as many developing countries in Africa and Asia are not lagging behind the global trends of public administration. Traditional and bureaucratic models of public administration are considered very inefficient in dealing with the public sector's new responsibilities in this age of interdependency, democracy and globalization. A change towards the new public management can be a suitable drive for achieving the effectiveness and efficiency of the public sector.New Public Management (NPM) is a management philosophy used by governments in the western world since the 1980s to modernize and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the public sector. It has become a widely used term in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member states, and seeks to describe a global trend of a certain type of administrative reform. Apparently most international conferences seem to buy the idea that, it has different meanings in different administrative contexts. The implementation of the NPM in Sierra Leone and in most African countries is face with legal challenges, political instability, the lack of political structures, and the readiness on the part of the political leaders and citizens to accept change. Cancelation of some of the NPM programs which advocates for a withdrawal of subsidies on staple food items and retrenchment of civil servants will help mitigate the current and future challenges on Sierra Leone's economic growth. ?...
Keywords/Search Tags:Sierra Leone, Public Administration, New Public Management, Decentralization
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