"This book answers "who matters" in a 32-year history (1980-2012) of policy change within the World Bank's public sector management and public sector governance agenda. The book is anchored within the public administration discipline and its understanding of bureaucracy, bureaucratic politics,...

The Washington consensus : an overview -- The Washington consensus and IMF Conditionality -- The free market doctrine and economic freedom -- The first commandment : fiscal discipline -- The second commandment : redirection of public spending -- The third commandment : tax reform -- The fourth...