counter-reform process. The document stresses the need to rebuild a consensus around a PMP capable of increasing productivity …

The challenge of public administration reform is well-known: politicians often have little interest in the efficient … implementation of government policy. Using new data from 439 World Bank public sector reform loans in 109 countries, we demonstrate … second mechanism through which non-programmatic parties undermine public sector reform: clientelistic politicians have weaker …

country, reform and time fixed effects. …