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Public Management
World Bank - 2012
This Note on public management of pension funds concludes that publicly-managed pension reserves are often used to finance non-pension policy. Public pension fund managers tend to invest based on objectives unrelated to pension provision. These include social and economically target investments...
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Burkina Faso - Improving Service Delivery at the Local Level : Challenges for Public Sector Management Reform
World Bank - 2013
Transition to a more democratic organization of the political environment led to the adoption of four laws in 1998 - Decentralization Laws - that provide for local governments' semi-autonomy, and define the overall context in which decentralization would occur, outlining the principles for...
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Zimbabwe Public Administration Review : Initial Reflections on Public Sector Reform to Support the Economic and Social Recovery of Zimbabwe
World Bank - 2012
In early 2010, Zimbabwe's Minister of Public Service requested Bank support for a public administration review to provide analytical support and technical assistance to identify the key issues to restore the quality of public administration in Zimbabwe. This policy note presents an initial...
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Colombia - Programmatic Strategic Engagement on Public Sector Management and Governance : Concept Note
World Bank - 2013
This concept note presents the strategic engagement of the World Bank in the areas of public sector management and governance in Colombia. It describes the short and medium term approach through which the Bank will provide support to the country on those areas of reform, as well as their links...
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Ghana's New Approach to Public Sector Reform : Focusing on Delivery
World Bank - 2013
Ghana has developed a "New Approach to Public Sector Reform", which seeks to focus reforms on results, particularly the delivery of the Government's main priorities for (i) job creation and (ii) food production, distribution and processing. The impetus for the reform is being led from the center...
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Sierra Leone : Strategic Options for Public Sector Reform
World Bank - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to outline strategic options for the reform of the public sector. The strategic options will be based upon an analysis of the public sector emerging from the civil war, and a longer period of deterioration and decline. The strategy will be expressed in very...
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Ethiopia Public Sector Reform Approach : Building the Developmental State - A Review and Assessment of the Ethiopian Approach to Public Sector Reform
World Bank - 2013
The objective of this report is to review and recommend improvements to Ethiopia's approach to public sector reform in order to advise the Government and executive institutions on the future of its public sector reform. The report also serves as a think piece for the World Bank, other partners,...
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Afghanistan : Building an Effective State, Priorities for Public Administration Reform
World Bank - 2012
This report looks at the implications for public administration reform over the next 5-10 years, and proposes a priority agenda for action by the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) and the donor community. The report reviews the prospects and priorities for public administration reform in three key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552917
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Afghanistan - Building an Effective State : Priorities for Public Administration Reform
World Bank - 2012
This report looks at the implications for public administration reform over the next 5-10 years, and proposes a priority agenda for action by the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) and the donor community. The report reviews the prospects and priorities for public administration reform in three key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553012
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The business of product innovation : international empirical evidence
Lederman, Daniel - 2009
"It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that it is cliche to say so. This … article studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight … manufacturing sectors. The author assesses the predictions of inter-disciplinary research on innovation by firms. The econometric …
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