scholarly journals Anwar Shah (ed.). Public Expenditure Analysis. Washington, D. C.: The World Bank, 2005. xxxi+256 pages. Paperback. Price not given.

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-228
Author(s):  
Kalbe Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Not Given ◽  
The Public ◽  
7Th Edition ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Public Sector Reforms ◽  
Citizen Empowerment

Public Expenditure Analysis is the 7th edition in the “Public Sector Governance and Accountability Series” edited by Anwar Shah. The book attempts to contribute to public sector reforms by improving governance in the public expenditure analysis—to disburse the benefits to grossroots levels in the developing countries. It deals with the intricate issue of equity in both the tax burdens and public spending and evaluates performance of government in safeguarding the interests of the poor and other disadvantaged groups of the society, such as women, children, and minorities. The eight chapters of the book that consist of papers prepared by distinguished authors systematically develop a framework for a right-based approach to citizen empowerment by creating an institutional design with appropriate rules, restraints, and incentives to make the public sector responsive and accountable to the average voter.

Public Sector Employment as a Social Welfare Policy: The “Social Contract” and Failed Job Creation for Youth in Egypt

2021 ◽  
pp. 234779892110507
Author(s):  
Yusuke Kawamura
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Contract ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Public Sector Reforms ◽  
The Social

Although the IMF and the World Bank have advocated public sector reforms for market-oriented economic development, Egyptian authoritarian leaders have avoided such reforms. Egypt maintains a large public sector with a significant number of young Egyptians among its ranks. However, the public sector has shortcomings such as overstaffed government departments, deteriorating working conditions, and employee protests. This study uses the “social contract” concept to understand why Egypt’s political leaders have preserved this inefficient institution. The logic of the “social contract” works under two conditions: generous welfare as the main source of the regime’s legitimacy and a lack of accurate information concerning the extent to which people can tolerate painful reforms under authoritarian rule. Contrary to the conventional understanding, a lack of democratic institutions imposes “shackles” upon authoritarian leaders rather than giving them wide discretion regarding policymaking and the manipulation of institutions for their survival. The findings thus offer important insights into the dynamics of authoritarianism.

Is World Bank “Good Governance” Good for the Poor? Central American Experiences

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Horton
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Central America ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Central American ◽  
Building Projects ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World

Abstract This paper explores the World Bank’s concept of “good governance” as applied in rural Central America. It argues that World Bank good governance seeks to constrain unequal accumulation and privilege in the public sector, but leaves largely unaddressed structural inequalities in the private sector and the conflation of economic and political power in the public sector. This paper suggests that the World Bank analysis does not adequately consider more embedded state/civil society relations linked to national and sub-national political cultures. In contexts in which nation-building projects have promoted forms citizenship linked to more activist “leveling” and paternalistic states, good governance is likely to be ideologically contested. World Bank good governance under these circumstances is unlikely to quell discontent or naturalize the neoliberal state.

scholarly journals The Hidden Hand of Neoliberal Global Institutions: The World Bank and the Reshaping of Botswana Public Sector

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
M. N. S. Marobela ◽  
Rudolph. L. Boy
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Public Service ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Free Market ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

This paper examines how powerful international institutions work to influence the reforms trajectory in the developing countries. A key dynamic that brings them to Botswana is the neoliberal agenda of the World Bank, which has been increasingly creeping into the public sector in many countries. For Botswana, this comes not as a surprise as the government is renowned for its strong conviction in the free market as a vehicle for development and prosperity. However, what is surprising is the idea being peddled by government bureaucrats that these changes are mainly initiated from within. It is argued that the involvement of networks of international organisations in Botswana’s reforms dispels this myth. The paper demonstrates how earlier concerns raised by the World Bank, of low productivity in Botswana became materialised with the assistance of a number of consultants from international institutions, who provided varied support to the government of Botswana. For example such assistance came in form of financial, intellectual, and training of government officers. It is from the role played by these international institutions that the national structures and mechanisms have changed the public service. This has eventually led to neoliberal reforms in the form of Performance Management System being the accepted dogma for improving productivity in the Botswana public service. 

Society and Market in the Era of Globalization

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-355
Author(s):  
Dušan Pokorný
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Economic Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Many Sources ◽  
The Imf

AbstractThis chapter considers the meaning of the terms "society" and "market," and the need for markets to be institutionalized and legitimated. Obligatory norms and recommendatory guidelines today come from many sources: from states, from groupings of states, and from worldwide bodies such as the IMF, the WTO, and the World Bank. But when markets create profound inequalities both within and between societies, how do we determine what limits ought to be placed on markets? Since economic institutions are inseparable from culture, this is the "site" where the public will have to decide what is "society," what is the "market," and what will be the relation between them.

ICT and Unemployment in Nigeria

2012 ◽  
pp. 51-59
Author(s):  
N.D. Oye ◽  
Inuwa Ibrahim ◽  
Muhammad Shakil Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Reforms ◽  
Community Centre

A number of telecentres have been established in places like shops, schools, community centre, police stations and clinics. The population of Nigeria, according to the national population commission (NPC) figures stands at over 140, 000,000, and 60% of this number is made up of unemployed youths. With the institutions of learning in Nigeria churning out graduates of various levels and degrees on a yearly basis, a rising trend has seen these graduates coming out of the nation’s universities and polytechnics to join those who graduated ahead of them but without any means of livelihood for years. This chapter examines the role played by unemployment on the making of the Nigerian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for a period of nine years (2000 - 2008). The objectives of the study are to examine the effects of unemployment on the Nigerian GDP for the selected years, to observe the kind of association that existing between the unemployment and the makings of the Nigerian GDP. Data was collected and analyzed using the regression analysis. Findings showed that unemployment has an enormous effect (over 65%) on the making of the Nigerian GDP, and there exists an inverse relationship between the model (unemployment) and the GDP - increase in the model leads to decrease on the GDP and vice versa. The role of ICT on unemployment and GDP is reviewed. In addition ICT as a tool of combating unemployment corruption is discussed. Recommendations are proffered based on the study that unemployment can be combated through the public sector reforms and the use of ICT.

scholarly journals The Effect of Globalization on Economic Development Indicators: An Inter-Regional Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Antonio Martín Cervantes ◽  
Nuria Rueda López ◽  
Salvador Cruz Rambaud
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Economic Institute ◽  
Double Character

Background: The analysis of the problems derived from globalization has become one of the most densely studied topics at the beginning of this millennium, as they can have a crucial impact on present and future sustainable development. This paper analyzes the differential patterns of globalization in four worldwide areas predefined by The World Bank (namely, High-, Upper-Middle-, Lower-Middle-, and Low-Income countries). The main objective of this work is to estimate the effect of globalization on some economic development indicators (specifically per capita income and public expenditure on health) in 217 countries over the period 2000–2016. Methods: Our empirical approach is based on the implementation of a novel econometric methodology: The so-called Toda–Yamamoto procedure, which has been used to analyze the possible causal relationships between the involved variables. We employ World Development Indicators, provided by The World Bank, and the KOF Globalization Index, elaborated by the KOF Swiss Economic Institute. Results: The results show that there is a causal relationship in the sense of Granger between globalization and public expenditure on health, except in High-Income countries. This can be interpreted both negatively and positively, confirming the double character of globalization, as indicated by Stiglitz.

scholarly journals Exploiting conditionality: EU and international actors and post-NPM reform in Ireland

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-200
Author(s):  
Muiris MacCarthaigh ◽  
Niamh Hardiman
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Policy Coordination ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Reforms ◽  
New Public ◽  
Public Sector Unions ◽  
Administrative Elites

Between 2008 and 2015, Ireland undertook unprecedented and systemic public sector reforms in a polity not traditionally considered a prominent reformer. While some of these reforms comprised part of the loan programme agreement with EU and international actors, many others did not. This article argues that the crisis in Ireland provided a window of opportunity to introduce reforms that political and administrative elites had previously found difficult to implement. The authority of the Troika was invoked to provide legitimacy for controversial initiatives, yet some of the reforms went further than the loan programme strictly required. A number of these concerning organisational rationalisation, the public service ‘bargain’ and transversal policy coordination are considered here. Agreements were negotiated with public sector unions that facilitated sharp cuts in pay and conditions, reducing the potential for opposition to change. The reform effort was further legitimated by the reformers’ post-New Public Management, whole-of-government discourse, which situated considerations of effectiveness and efficiency in a broader framework of public service quality and delivery.

Zimbabwe's currency crisis may worsen

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Foreign Currency ◽  
Foreign Exchange Rate ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Finance Minister ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Reserve Bank ◽  
Money Transfers ◽  
Initial Uncertainty

Subject Zimbabwe cash crisis. Significance New Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube implemented a 2% tax on money transfers and unveiled other proposed reforms in early October. Initial uncertainty surrounding the new measures led to panic-buying of supplies, cash shortages and a subsequent clampdown on public protests. Following modifications, the new measures have been endorsed by local industry, the IMF and the World Bank -- but public mistrust lingers. Impacts Foreign currency shortages may worsen as exporters face rising costs without a market-based foreign exchange rate for converting earnings. The Reserve Bank will struggle to gain the trust of the public, government and investors amid recent corruption scandals. Wasteful spending, corruption and public-sector wages (which account for 90% of budget spending) will persist as major deficit drivers.

scholarly journals Transforming the Public Sector Into an Arena for Co-Creation: Barriers, Drivers, Benefits, and Ways Forward

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 795-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Torfing ◽  
Eva Sørensen ◽  
Asbjørn Røiseland
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Systemic Change ◽  
Legal Authority ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Leadership ◽  
Risks And Benefits

This article explores whether co-creation offers a viable path for the public sector. After an initial account of the transformation of the public sector from a legal authority and a service provider to an arena of co-creation, it defines co-creation and provides some empirical examples. This is followed by a discussion of the risks and benefits of co-creation as well as the drivers and barriers that may stimulate or hamper its expansion. The article also reflects on how institutional design, public leadership, and systemic change can advance co-creation. The conclusion summarizes the findings by setting out some researchable propositions.

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