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Reforming the African public sector retrospect and prospects / by Ayee, Joseph R. A., 1952-

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States of liberalization redefining the public sector in integrated Europe / by Smith, Mitchell P., 1960-

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Public administration : understanding management, politics, and law in the public sector / by Rosenbloom, David H.

States at work : dynamics of African bureaucracies /

Table of Contents: “…Working in neopatrimonial settings : public sector staff perceptions in Tanzania and Uganda /…”
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Reforming public institutions and strengthening governance a World Bank strategy.

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Reforming public institutions and strengthening governance a World Bank strategy Implementation update.

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Globalization and changes in China's governance by Yu, Keping

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: changes in governance and political development in China under the impact of globalization -- Globalization and capacity of public sectors: a case study of China -- From "China and the West" to "globalization": Chinese perspectives on globalization -- Americanization, westernization, Sinification: modernization or globalization in China? …”
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In Search of Social Democracy : Responses to Crisis and Modernisation /

Table of Contents: “…/ Hartwig Pautz -- The meaning of modernisation : New Labour and public sector reform / Eric Shaw -- Reformism in a 'conservative' system : the European Union and social democratic identity / Gerassimos Moschonas -- part III. …”
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Changing structure of Mexico political, social, and economic prospects /

Table of Contents: “…. -- Changing constraints of monetary policy: distortions and resolution in Mexico's financial system / Eugenia Correa. -- Mexico's public sector debt and debt management / Graciana del Castillo. -- Changing patterns in Mexican science and technology policy (1990-2003): still far from economic development / Jordy Micheli Thirión and Rubén Oliver Espinoza. -- The reshaping of agricultural policy in Mexico / Antonio Yúnez-Naude and Fernando Barceinas Paredes. -- Mexican oil, gas, electricity generation, and energy consumption / Juan Quintanilla Martínez and Mariano Bauer E…”
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Aid paradoxes in Afghanistan : building and undermining the state / by Bizhan, Nematullah

Table of Contents: “…-- Tax states -- Aid-dependent states -- The effects of oil revenue -- Distinction between aid and oil-revenue rentier effects -- Conclusion -- Reliance on external revenue : Afghanistan from 1747 to 2000 -- The society : an inheritance of history -- Relying on tribute for state building : the importance of external revenue to the Durrani empire (1747-1824) -- The Durrani empire ineffective tax system -- Subsidies and state building : the loss of tribute and search for alternative revenue (1824-1879) -- Institution building -- Consolidation of a modern buffer state (1880-1919) : the significance of subsidies and external military support -- And military administration -- State-society relations -- Amanullah Khan's reforms : the loss of subsidies, budget surplus and fiscal decline (1919-1929) -- Foreign aid and state building : reshaping the state building process (1929-1978) -- The rise of a weak aid-based rentier state -- Decline in foreign aid -- The state and the Mujahidin Tanzims (organizations) and sources of revenue : conflict in state-society relations (1978-2000) -- The Mujahidin government financial crises and Pakistani aid to the Taliban -- Conclusion -- Rebuilding an aid-based rentier state -- Establishing a new political order -- Building the state institutions -- Responding to the flow of aid -- Chaotic aid coordination : a challenge for state building -- Access to foreign aid : a prime focus -- Improving fiscal management -- Aid modality : undermining institution building -- Government preoccupation with foreign donors -- Relations at the administration level -- Relations in regard to senior appointments -- Conclusion -- Reforms and setbacks : rebuilding the revenue system -- State revenue sources -- Aiding the revenue reforms -- Reforming revenue policy and laws -- Reforming revenue administration -- Improving revenue infrastructure -- Confrontation and consultation -- Failing to enforce tax compliance -- Failing to prevent illegal taxation and extortion -- Ambiguity to end aid-dependency -- Fragmenting the tax system -- Conclusion -- Budget spending : fiscal fragmentation and patronage -- Some improvements in government budget transparency -- The citizen's role -- Underreported on-budget items -- Poor off-budget transparency -- Secret cash payments -- Conclusion -- Interactions between the state and society -- Reinforcing the state-society inherited gap -- Commanders -- Traditional actors -- Urban intelligentsia -- Reshaping the state-society relations -- Building and undermining the state -- Conclusion -- Conclusion : findings and implications -- Path dependency : Afghan state reliance on external revenue -- Building and undermining the state : Afghanistan after 9/11 -- Upward accountability to donors -- Creating a parallel public sector -- Paradoxical tax outcomes -- Divergence in state-society fiscal relations -- The future -- Implications fo externally aided state building.…”
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