Initiative on Good Governance for Development (GfD) in the Arab Countries: Publications

Civil Service and Integrity
E-Government and Administrative Simplification
Governance of Public Finances
Public Service Delivery, Public-Private Partnership and Regulatory Reform
Role of the Judiciary and Law Enforcement
Citizens, Civil Society and Public Sector Reform in the Arab Region

Aligning Public Governance Reform to Development in the Arab Region - A Conceptual Framework [English]. 2005
The report examines the state of the public administration and the ongoing modernizing initiatives in a number of Arab countries.

World Public Sector Report 2005: Unlocking the Human Potential for Public Sector Performance [English]. 2005
This World Public Sector Report surveys some of the major trends, models and related visions that have influenced human resource management practices around the world in recent decades. This report hopes to further stimulate debate, particularly in developing countries and transition economies, on how to manage human resources in the public sector more effectively for enhanced development performance and social progress.

Public Administration and Globalization: Enhancing Public-Private Collaboration in Public Service Delivery [English]. 2003
This publication seeks to highlight the experiences of various states and institutions in bringing together state and market mechanisms to introduce new forms of producing and delivering public services which were traditionally delivered through purely state mechanisms.

World Public Sector Report: Globalization and the State [English]. 2001
The Report emphasizes the importance of the role the State must assume with respect to globalization at the national and international levels.

New Public Management Approach and Crisis States [English]. 1999
New public management (NPM) techniques and practices drawn mainly from the private sector, is increasingly seen as a global phenomenon. NPM reforms shift the emphasis from traditional public administration to public management. Key elements include various forms of decentralizing management within public services (e.g., the creation of autonomous agencies and devolution of budgets and financial control), increasing use of markets and competition in the provision of public services (e.g., contracting out and other market-type mechanisms), and increasing emphasis on performance, outputs and customer orientation.

Public Innovation and Political Incentives [English]. 1997
This is the first paper in a series dedicated to understanding innovation in public problem solving. The author argues that there is broad agreement on the need to improve government performance, but it is hard to imagine how that can be achieved without both encouraging public servants at all levels to take responsibility for performance and giving them some leeway to pursue it.

New Administrative Challenges in the North Africa Context [English].
This presentation summarizes the key issues and common concerns facing North African Administrations. It also discusses their major political, economic, social, technological and cultural challenges.