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How Far Have Public Financial Management Reforms Come in Africa?
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2010)
This paper asks how strong African Public Financial Management (PFM) has become, after a decade and more of reform. How well do African PFM systems in place now facilitate effective public financial management? Where are ...
Governance Indicators Can Make Sense: Under-five Mortality Rates are an Example
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2010)
Governance indicators have come under fire in recent years, especially the World Governance Indicators (WGIs). Critics present these indicators as a-theoretical and biased. Critics of the critics counter that no better ...
Development as Leadership-led Change
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, 2010)
Development involves change, but many development initiatives produce unimpressive results. The authors ask why and consider how to close the gap between the intended change and what we actually see in the evidence. This ...
Isomorphism and the Limits to African Public Financial Management Reform
(2009)
Many reform results fall below expectations in the development arena, especially in the public sector. Do the reforms just need more time to work better, or should we adjust our expectations? In addressing this question, ...