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

Critical examinations of efforts to make governments more efficient and responsive
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.

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Edited by Robert P. Beschel Jr. and Tarik M. Yousef

Summary

Offers a comprehensive assessment of a wide range of public sector reform efforts in nine countries. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Robert P. Yousef Beschel
• Assisted by: Robert P. Beschel (Editor), Robert P. Jr. Beschel (Editor), Beschel Robert P. (Editor), Tarik M. Yousef (Editor), Yousef Tarik M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780815736974
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-3697-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Economics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, International Relations, Middle East, Public Administration, Social services & welfare, criminology, North Africa, Social services and welfare, criminology, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Civil service and public sector, Civil Service & Public Sector