1 - Introduction: New Public Management: An African Reform Paradigm? par Dele Olowu

Dele Olowu

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Vol. 27 No. 3-4 (2002): Africa Development: Special Issue on •New Public Sector Management Approaches in Africa'

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1 - Introduction: New Public Management: An African Reform Paradigm?

par Dele Olowu

https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v27i2.22162

Dele Olowu

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Africa Development, Vol. 27 No. 3-4 (2002): Africa Development: Special Issue on •New Public Sector Management Approaches in Africa'
Article Published : August 22, 2022

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Olowu, D. 2022. 1 - Introduction: New Public Management: An African Reform Paradigm? par Dele Olowu. Africa Development. 27, 3-4 (Aug. 2022). DOI:https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v27i2.22162.

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pp. 297-313.
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Elgar.
Mosher, F.C., 1968, Democracy and the Public Service, New York: Oxford Uni versity Press.
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ment: An Analysis of Kampala City Council's Strategic Framework for Re form', Masters ofDeveloping
Studies Research Paper, The Hague, Institute of Social Studies.
OECD, 2001, 'Govemment of the Future', PUMA Po/icy Brie/No. 9.
Olowu, D., 1999,' RedesigningAfrican Civil Service Reforms',Journa/ of Mod- ern African Studies,
Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 1-23. ·
Olowu, D., 2003, 'The Crisis in African Public Administration', in B. G. Peters and J. Pierre,
eds., Handbook of Public Administration, London: Sage, pp.503- 513.
Olowu, D. and Sako, S., eds., 2002, Better Governance and Public Po/icy: Ca pacity !Juildingfor
Democratic Renewal, Bloomfield: Kumarian Press.
>eters, G, 1996, The Future ofGoverning, Lawrence, KS:University of Kansas
Press.
Phiri-Mundia, B., 2003, 'Agencification as Strategy for Performance lmprove ment in Tax
Administration: A Case Study of the Zambian Revenue Author ity', Master of Arts Research Paper,
The Hague, Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands.
Quah, J., 1995, 'Sustaining Quality in the Singapore Civil Service', Public Ad ministration and
Development, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 335-343.
Rouban, L., 1995, The French Civil Service, Paris: Institut International d'administration
publique.
Schick, A., 1998, 'Why Most Developing Countries Should Not Try New Zealand Reforms', PREM Seminar
Series, Washington D.C.: World Bank.
Stevens, M and Teggenmann S., 2003, 'Comparative Experience with Adminis
trative Reform in Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia', World Bank Regional Work shop on Governance and
Public Management-Emergent Lessons from lm plementation, June 9-11, 2003, Johannesburg, Republic
of South Africa.
Suleiman, E., 1999, 'Bureaucracy and Democratic Consolidation: Lessons from Eastern Europe', L.
Anderson, ed., Transitions to Democracy, New York: Columbia University, pp.141-158.
Young, M., 1958, The Rise of the Meritocracy, 1870-2033, Baltimore: Penguin Books.

References

lfricanAssociation of Public Administration and Management (AAPAM), 1984,

African Public Services: Challenges and a Profilefor the Future. New Delhi: Yikas Publishing House.

lfrican Development Bank, 2002, Achieving the Millenniu111 DeFe!opment Goals 'n Afi-ica-Progress,

Prospects and Policv Implications. Abidjan: ADB.

Adamolekun, L., 2002, 'Africa's Evolving Career Civil Service Systems: Three

Challenges-State Continuity, Efficient Service Delivery and Accountabil

ity',Internationa/ Review of Administrative Sciences, Vol. 67, No. 3, pp. 373- 388.

Argyriades, D., 2002, 'Govemance and Public Administration in the Twenty-first Century: New Trends

and New Techniques', International Congress of Ad ministrative Sciences, Brussels.

Campos, J.E. and Root, H.L., 1996, The Key to the Asian Miracle: Making Shared Growth Credib/e,

Washington D.C: The Brooking Institution.

Farazmand, A., 2002, 'Privatization and Globalization: A Critical Analysis with Implications for

Public Management Education and Training', International Review of Administrative Sciences, Vol.

, No. 3, pp. 355-372.

Ferlie, E, L., Ashbumer, I,. Fitzgerald, L. and Pettigrew A., 1996, The New Pub lic Management in

Action, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Halligan, J., 2001, 'Comparing Public Sector Reform in OECD', in B. Nolan, ed., Public Sector

Reform: An International Perspective, Hampshire: Macmillan.

Hood, C., 1991, 'A Public Management for ail Seasons?', Public Administration,

Vol. 69, No. 1, pp. 3-19.

Hughes, O., 1998, Public Management and Administration, London: McMillan. Kok, L., 2003, 'Accrual

Budgeting in a Comparative Perspective' in B.G. Peters and J. Pierre, eds., Handbook of Public

Administration, London: Sage, pp.

-420.

Mamdani, M., 1996, Citizen and Subject, Oxford: James Currey.

Manning, N., 2001, 'The Legacy of the New Public Management in Developing Countries', International

Review of Administrative Sciences, Vol. 67, No. 2,

pp. 297-313.

Minogue, M., Polidano, C. and Hulme, D., eds., 1998, Beyond the New Public Management, Cheltenham:

Elgar.

Mosher, F.C., 1968, Democracy and the Public Service, New York: Oxford Uni versity Press.

Nabukeera, J., 2003, 'Enhancing Service Delivery Through Innovative Manage

ment: An Analysis of Kampala City Council's Strategic Framework for Re form', Masters ofDeveloping

Studies Research Paper, The Hague, Institute of Social Studies.

OECD, 2001, 'Govemment of the Future', PUMA Po/icy Brie/No. 9.

Olowu, D., 1999,' RedesigningAfrican Civil Service Reforms',Journa/ of Mod- ern African Studies,

Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 1-23. ·

Olowu, D., 2003, 'The Crisis in African Public Administration', in B. G. Peters and J. Pierre,

eds., Handbook of Public Administration, London: Sage, pp.503- 513.

Olowu, D. and Sako, S., eds., 2002, Better Governance and Public Po/icy: Ca pacity !Juildingfor

Democratic Renewal, Bloomfield: Kumarian Press.

>eters, G, 1996, The Future ofGoverning, Lawrence, KS:University of Kansas

Press.

Phiri-Mundia, B., 2003, 'Agencification as Strategy for Performance lmprove ment in Tax

Administration: A Case Study of the Zambian Revenue Author ity', Master of Arts Research Paper,

The Hague, Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands.

Quah, J., 1995, 'Sustaining Quality in the Singapore Civil Service', Public Ad ministration and

Development, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 335-343.

Rouban, L., 1995, The French Civil Service, Paris: Institut International d'administration

publique.

Schick, A., 1998, 'Why Most Developing Countries Should Not Try New Zealand Reforms', PREM Seminar

Series, Washington D.C.: World Bank.

Stevens, M and Teggenmann S., 2003, 'Comparative Experience with Adminis

trative Reform in Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia', World Bank Regional Work shop on Governance and

Public Management-Emergent Lessons from lm plementation, June 9-11, 2003, Johannesburg, Republic

of South Africa.

Suleiman, E., 1999, 'Bureaucracy and Democratic Consolidation: Lessons from Eastern Europe', L.

Anderson, ed., Transitions to Democracy, New York: Columbia University, pp.141-158.

Young, M., 1958, The Rise of the Meritocracy, 1870-2033, Baltimore: Penguin Books.

Author Biography

Dele Olowu

Convenor. Governance, Democratization and Public Policy Programme, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands; Former Expert 011 Governance and Capacity Building at the United Nations Economic Com mission and Professor of Public Administration and Local Government, Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe. Nigeria.