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Is New Public Management viable for developing countries like Pakistan?

Asked in 4 years · 2003–2023Appears in:Public Administration
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This debate All debatesIn shortPositionsNewsEvidence (1)Past questions (4)Same themeIs Pakistan's bureaucracy a colonial steel frame or an agent of development?Is Pakistan's governance crisis rooted in weak institutions or in politics?Has Weber's bureaucratic model outlived its usefulness for modern public administration?

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NPM versus bureaucratic model, whether it explains Pakistan's reforms, permanence of reinventing government, and limits in developing-country settings
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2023 · CSS Public Administration · Take a positionNew Public Management has been hailed as the dominant paradigm for public service in the last two decades. In your opinion, how viable is NPM for developing countries taking into… Outline it
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New Public Management: 1980s shift from rules to results and markets: From the 1980s a reform process known as managerialism or new public management took shape, centred on private management tools, performance indicators, quality standards and market mechanisms for public services (1980s onward (paper published 2013))Chipea and Banciu, 'Bureaucracy versus New Administrative Management', University of Oradea

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2023
CSS · Public Administration · Take a position

New Public Management has been hailed as the dominant paradigm for public service in the last two decades. In your opinion, how viable is NPM for developing countries taking into account the distinct and complex environment of public sector organizations in such countries?

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2020
PMS · Public Administration · Evaluate

Contemporary public administration has been powerfully influenced by the broader governance trends such as public ethics and reinventing government. Evaluate this statement as a permanent feature or only a temporary trend in context of Pakistan?

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2010
CSS · Public Administration · Take a position

Compare and contrast the Bureaucratic Model with New Public Management (NPM). Do you think NPM has replaced the bureaucratic approach to public administration? Support your views with examples from Pakistan

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2003
CSS · Public Administration · Take a position

What is “New Public Management”? To what extent NPM explains the administrative reforms in Pakistan which have been undertaken in the last few years? Discuss with examples.

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