Introduction : globalization and public sector reform / Yusuf Bangura and George A. Larbi -- 1. Applying the new public management in developing countries / George A. Larbi -- 2. Elusive public sector reform in East and Southern Africa / Ole Therkildsen -- 3. Public sector management reform in Latin America / Andrew Nickson -- 4. Capacity to deliver? : management, institutions and public services in developing countries / Richard Batley and George A. Larbi -- 5. Fiscal and capacity-building reform / Yusuf Bangura -- 6. Employment and pay reform in developing and transition societies / Willy McCourt -- 7. Fiscal decentralization in developing countries : theory and practice / Paul Smoke -- 8. Decentralization policies and practices under adjustment and democratization in Africa / Dele Olown -- 9. Public-private partnerships and pro-poor development : the experience of the Corboda water concession in Argentina / Andrew Nickson
Public sector reform : what are the lessons of experience? / George A. Larbi and Yusuf Bangura
