TY - JOUR
T1 - Public Sector Reform in Central Asia and the Caucasus
AU - Knox, Colin Gerard
N1 - Funding Information:
The research for this article was supported under the UNDP Innovative Solutions Scheme and British Academy International Partnership and Mobility Scheme.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2019/1/25
Y1 - 2019/1/25
N2 - Many developing countries are constantly seeking to reform their public services as part of a wider agenda which supports moves to a market economy and better governance arrangements. Some have embraced public management reforms as the template for their activities with limited success. This paper considers existing research on the impact of public sector reform in developing countries and offers an alternative approach, through case studies of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, based on two keys elements: an agenda which attempts to shift developing countries to an outcomes based accountability approach operationalized through a “quality of life” framework; and, peer‐to‐peer learning.
AB - Many developing countries are constantly seeking to reform their public services as part of a wider agenda which supports moves to a market economy and better governance arrangements. Some have embraced public management reforms as the template for their activities with limited success. This paper considers existing research on the impact of public sector reform in developing countries and offers an alternative approach, through case studies of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, based on two keys elements: an agenda which attempts to shift developing countries to an outcomes based accountability approach operationalized through a “quality of life” framework; and, peer‐to‐peer learning.
KW - Public sector reform; Quality of Life; Central Asia; Caucasus; Outcomes based accountability
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U2 - 10.1080/01900692.2017.1411362
DO - 10.1080/01900692.2017.1411362
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85058350961
SN - 0190-0692
VL - 42
SP - 168
EP - 178
JO - International Journal of Public Administration
JF - International Journal of Public Administration
IS - 2
ER -