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Title Making it happen : selected case studies of institutional reforms in South Africa / Asad Alam, Renosi Mokate, and Kathrin A. Plangemann, editors
Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (225 pages)
Series Directions in development. Public sector governance
World Bank e-Library.
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Public sector governance.
Contents Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; South Africa's Lessons in Progress; The Landscape in 1994; Economic and Social Transformation, 1994-2014; Building Inclusive Public Sector Institutions and Implementing Institutional Reforms; Cross-Cutting Lessons and Challenges Ahead; Notes; References; Chapter 1 Developing an Intergovernmental Fiscal Framework; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Notes; References
Chapter 2 Increasing Budget TransparencyIntroduction; The Policy Challenge: The Institutional Restructuring of the Budget; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Note; References; Chapter 3 Raising Tax Revenue; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Strengthening Performance Monitoring and Evaluation; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge
Results AchievedConclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Creating an Inclusive and Credible Statistical System; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; References; Chapter 6 Expanding HIV/AIDS Treatment; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Notes; References; Chapter 7 Reforming the Social Assistance System; Introduction
The Policy ChallengeAddressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Note; References; Chapter 8 Improving the Delivery of Identification Documents to Facilitate Access to Services; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Notes; References; Chapter 9 Protecting Biodiversity, Rehabilitating Ecosystems, and Promoting Conservation for Development; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge
Results AchievedConclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Notes; References; Chapter 10 Improving the Management of the National Road Network; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; References; Chapter 11 Developing Renewable Energy through an Independent Power Producer Procurement Program; Introduction; The Policy Challenge; Addressing the Policy Challenge; Results Achieved; Conclusions: Success Factors, Challenges, and Lessons Learned; Notes; References
Summary South Africa has achieved a lot on its path of socio-economic transformation since the end of Apartheid in 1994. While many challenges remain to foster inclusive growth to address the triple challenges of unemployment, poverty, and inequality, some innovative approaches have been used to build more inclusive public institutions. These have helped to expand service delivery, strengthen quality, and improve the lives of millions of South Africans. Although much is known about the motivation and nature of the policies and institutional changes that drove this transformation, very little is known of the manner in which they were executed. With this book, Making It Happen, From Policies to Implementation, we offer a selection of twelve case studies to illustrate how policies and institutions were developed and implemented to improve specific public services. Done through interviews with senior policy makers, the book captures the how to of executing these policies in a variety of areas including increasing budget transparency, developing an intergovernmental fiscal system, strengthening tax administration, developing a modern performance monitoring and evaluation system, expanding HIV/AIDS treatment, reforming the social transfer system, strengthening statistics, creating a modern national identity system, developing a system for the management of biodiversity, modernizing the national road network management, developing the framework for renewable energy, and the formulation of the country's much lauded constitution. Tracing a twenty year journey of transformation, this book places particular emphasis on recording the design of these reforms and endeavors to shed some light on the decision-making processes. In particular, it attempts to provide insight on the trade-offs policy makers faced, and the sequencing and complementarities among the various reforms. It finds leadership at different levels, adoption of pragmatic and innovative solutions, and the focus on results as among the key drivers in implementing these changes. This book is primarily intended to enhance knowledge exchange by exporting South Africa's development experience to the world. It is a product of the country's Knowledge Hub, developed in partnership with the World Bank Group, to provide evidence-based solutions for enhancing service delivery
Notes Available through World Bank e-Library
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (World Bank e-Library, viewed April 25, 2016)
Subject Civil service -- South Africa
Civil service reform -- South Africa
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Civil service
Civil service reform
Politics and government
SUBJECT South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94003600
Subject South Africa
Form Electronic book
Author Alam, Asad.
Mokate, Renosi.
Plangemann, Kathrin.
World Bank.
LC no. 2016302930
ISBN 9781464807695
1464807698
146480768X
9781464807688