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 …

with novel evidence: ratings of 511 World Bank public sector reform loans in 109 countries are systematically higher in …

trust. More than 10 years since its passage, civil service reform in Georgia continues to stimulate debate regarding …

The reform of the Italian public administration has been a priority for at least two decades, with several major … public procurement. It finds that original reform provisions were weakened or overturned, regulatory complexity and …