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Does E-Government Improve Government Capacity? Evidence from Tax Administration and Public Procurement

Kochanova, Anna - 2017

Using a cross-country data set on e-government systems, this paper analyzes whether e-filing of taxes and e … communications technology can help improve government capacity, but the impact of e-government varies by type of government activity …-procurement are weaker, with the number of firms securing or attempting to secure a government contract increasing with e …

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Do Performance Agreements Help Improve Service Delivery? The Experience of Brazilian States

Vinuela, Lorena - 2017

A growing number of states and municipalities in Brazil rely on results-based management, and many other local and state governments are considering adopting the practice. This paper examines the experiences of the Brazilian states that have implemented results agreements linked to variable pay....

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A New Cross-National Measure of Corruption

Escresa, Laarni - 2017

A new measure of cross-national corruption is constructed based on the geographic distribution of public officials involved in cross-border corruption cases. A comparison is made between the Public Administration Corruption Index (PACI) and perception-based measures, considers the extent to...

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What Factors Predict How Public Sector Projects Perform? A Review of the World Bank's Public Sector Management Portfolio

Blum, Jurgen Rene - 2017

This paper uses regression analysis to identify which country context, reform content, process, and project management variables predict the performance of public sector management projects, as measured by the Independent Evaluation Group's project outcome ratings. The paper draws on data from a...

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The Organization of Political Parties and the Politics of Bureaucratic Reform

Cruz, Cesi - 2017

Bureaucratic reform is a priority of donor organizations, including the World Bank, but is notoriously difficult to implement. In many countries, politicians have little interest in the basic financial and personnel management systems that are essential to political oversight of bureaucratic...

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Models of Public Service Reform : A Problem-Solving Approach

McCourt, Willy - 2017

This paper identifies six models of public service reform that have been practiced in developing countries over the past half-century. It critically reviews their implementation, discussing them as attempted solutions to problems that have arisen in the policy process in different countries. The...

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Donor Fragmentation and Bureaucratic Quality in Aid Recipients

Knack, Stephen - 2017

This paper analyzes the impact of donor fragmentation on the quality of government bureaucracy in aid-recipient nations …. A formal model of a donor's decision to hire government administrators to manage donor-funded projects predicts that the …

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Cabinet Size and Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Wehner, Joachim - 2020

There is frequent public and media concern over the cost of bloated cabinets in many Sub-Saharan African countries. Scholarship on elite clientelism links cabinet positions with corruption and practices that undermine sound policy making. This paper presents new data on the number of ministers...

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Strengthening Governance Through Engaged Societies : Lessons from the Implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategies

Barbone, Luca - 2006

In December 1999, the Boards of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund approved a new approach to their relations with low-income countries. The approach was centered around the development and implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS), which are intended to be...

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Deterring Kickbacks and Encouraging Entry in Public Procurement Markets : Evidence from Firm Surveys in 88 Developing Countries

Knack, Stephen - 2017

There is relatively little systematic evidence on the links between procurement systems and outcomes such as competition and corruption levels. This paper adds to the evidence base, using data on almost 34,000 firms from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys, in 88 countries that also have...

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