Reforming the Malawian public sector retrospectives and prospectives (CODESRIA, 2010)
"4/1/2010."
Includes bibliographical references
Critical perspectives on public sector reforms - Richard I.C. Tambulasi -- - Public-sector reforms and decentralisation of public services - Asiyati Lorraine Chiweza -- - Public-private partnerships in the Malawian local assemblies - Happy M. Kayuni -- - No key opens every door-- the failure of NPM-based performance contracting in Malawi - Richard I.C. Tambulasi -- - Resurrecting the developmental state in Malawi - Blessings Chinsinga
Reforming the Malawian Public Sector argues that the new public management model that Malawi, like most African countries, adopted under the influence of donor organisations has not led to the intended development. The book examines decentralisation, performance contracting, and publicñprivate partnerships as key aspects of the reforms and comes to the conclusion that at best, it can be argued that the failures have been due to poor implementation and this could be attributed to the fact that the process was led by donors who lacked the necessary institutional infrastructure. The book uses the