Public sector reform in developing countries : capacity challenges to improve services

Introduction : Globalization and public sector reform / Yusuf Bangura and George A. Larbi -- Applying the new public management in developing countries / George A. Larbi -- Elusive public sector reform in east and southern Africa / Ole Therkildsen -- Public sector management reform in Latin America / Andrew Nickson -- Capacity to deliver? Management, institutions and public services in developing countries / Richard Batley and George A. Larbi -- Fiscal and capacity-building reform / Yusuf Bangura -- Employment and pay reform in developing and transition societies / Willy McCourt -- Fiscal decentralization in developing countries : theory and practice / Paul Smoke -- Decentralization policies and practices under adjustment and democratization in Africa / Dele Olowu -- Public-private partnerships and pro-poor development : the experience of the Córboda water concession in Argentina / Andrew Nickson -- Public sector reform : what are the lessons of experience? / George A. Larbi and Yusuf Bangura