Originating in the Anglo-American world, the 'New Public Management' (NPM) paradigm appears to have swept over various Continental-European countries, producing convergence of administrative reform. This text explains how the ambiguous concept of NPM is crafted and shaped differently in various...

Part 1: Ethics and Ethical Compliance -- Chapter 1:1 Ethics and Accountable Governance in Africa: An Introduction (Kemi Ogunyemi, Isaiah Adisa, and Robert E. Hinson) -- Chapter 2:Ethical Dilemmas and the Changing Reality in Africa’s Public Sector (Nkemdilim Iheanachor and Emmanuel Etim) --...