Classical organizational management literature draws clear parallels between organizational culture and climate and effective use of power and influence as key to successful policy implementation of reforms in public sector organizations. On the other hand, the public policy literature, in...

Introduction -- Building Effective Governance Inclusive Societies and Strong Institutions -- Civil Service Integrity for SDGs in Bangladesh -- Strengthening the Bangladesh Civil Service for SDG Implementation -- Uncharted Territories: Exploring EMutation for Sustainable Governance in Land...

The Nigerian public service is a product of British colonial administration, and it has since after independence in 1960, metamorphosed to a huge and complex system for harnessing the country¡¯s resources to facilitate economic growth. The public service has over the years undergone several...

The article substantiates the concept of creating a system of indices (including both integral ones and indices of many parameters), which reflect the level of citizens trust in the activity of civil servants. The integral index of trust is calculated as an arithmetical average of the...

Over the course of human history each state decided on its own how broadly and how extensively to encroach on social conditions, i.e. which tasks to take on. However, the growth of state tasks and abstractions by the state (taxation) is a historical fact, particularly in the 20th century....

This paper analyzes progress on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—Country Development Strategy (PRSP–CDS) in the Kyrgyz Republic for 2007–10. The CDS is the most important concept paper that outlines midterm vision of the Kyrgyz Republic. The paper also discusses that...

There has been widespread adoption of new laws to support new public management. In many countries that have implemented comprehensive and deep reforms, new or amended laws have fundamentally changed the role of the state and the budget processes supporting it. Paradoxically, far-reaching...

This paper reviews the 2004 Semiannual IMF Staff Report Under Intensified Surveillance for Nigeria. Overall economic performance in the first half of 2004 was commendable. The implementation of sound macroeconomic policies, underpinned by a conservative reference oil price and savings of the oil...