The main objective of this evaluation by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is to help the World Bank learn how to contribute more effectively to public sector reform (PSR) in its member countries. The intended audience also includes government officials and other stakeholders that want to see what lessons are available for improving project and program design. The World Bank has devoted an increasing share of its lending and advisory support to the reform of central governments, so it is im more...

'In the report proposals are elaborated concerning Sida's policy approach to, and assesment of the quality of public financial management systems including diagnostic tools, analytical methods and international cooperation within this field.'

'This issue investigates experiences and opportunities for New Public Management in an African context. The paper has been summarized and commented on by the editor Bertil Odén.'

Excerpt from the Foreward: 'The right to information has long been recognised as a ‘Fundamental Right’ of a free citizenry. It is from this right that other basic human rights can flow. No society can claim to be truly free unless it has both the instruments and the practice of providing its people with access to information.....Although, the exercise of the freedom of information has now matured in several societies, it is relatively nascent in most developing countries. These countries mor more...

The Governance advisor promotes the principles of Governance for Empowerment across the four sectors in which SNV Bhutan works. 1. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, 2. Pro-Poor Sustainable Tourism, 3. Small Holder Cash Crops. And 4. forest Products. “Governance for Empowerment facilitates a process of changing attitudes, behaviours, and systems to strengthen the capabilities, voices and choices of excluded people to participate in, and benefit from, development to achieve sustainable poverty redu more...

While women make up half the world's population, they work two-thirds of the world's working hours, produce half of the world's food, and yet earn only 10 per cent of the world's income and own less than one per cent of the world's property.

Kenya's Community Development Services Centre has been applying different approaches to government transparency and accountability, which have included public education, public participation as well as building trust among public agencies and other stakeholders.

Management Systems International is seeking a Chief of Party for an upcoming USAID project in Albania. The program will focus on reforming key functions and institutions in the public sector in Albania to make them more transparent and accountable. In particular, activities will deal with reforms in the tax administration, court administration and business licensing/permitting functions, specifically focused on reducing their vulnerabilities to corruption. The project is expected to begin in the more...

Helvetas, the Swiss Association for International Cooperation, is currently looking for an experienced and output-oriented national or international Senior Technical Advisor with a strong development background and proven experiences in governance and public administration reform. He/she will support, coach and facilitate the Project Support Unit and the provincial implementing agencies of the project “Supporting Public Administration Reform in Cao Bang” (SPAR) in project management: plannin more...

The World Bank is seeking to recruit a Governance Specialist to support the Bank’s work on public sector, economic management and governance reforms in Timor Leste. The Governance Specialist would join a vibrant country team in Dili engaged in a broad portfolio of activities, including the World Bank’s flagship, the Planning and Finance Management Capacity Building Program. In addition, the analyst will engage in a range of policy analytic and operational assignments concerning Timor Leste� more...