Under pressure from the World Bank, the International Monetary Funds and the World Trade Organization governments of both industrialized and less developed nations have undertaken extensive reforms and reorganization to streamline their public sectors. This volume, with chapters written by authorities from around the world, provides information on administrative reform in varied nations. Following an introduction, which sets a theoretical framework, the book contains sections devoted to Asia, the Near/Middle East, Africa, and a comparison of East/South Europe and Asia.Administrative reform has become a widespread challenge to national and sub-national governments around the globe. Under pressure from the World Bank, the International Monetary Funds and the World Trade Organization governments of both industrialized and less developed nations have undertaken extensive reforms and reorganization to streamline their public sectors. This volume, with chapters written by authorities from around the world, provides information on administrative reform in varied nations.Developing nations face acute problems on a daily basis, making administrative reform an essential function of public administration. With chapters devoted to experiences in such nations as Korea, India, Iran, Turkey, the Arab States, Nigeria, and South Africa, this volume sheds valuable light on administrative reform in developing countries and provides lessons for future policy actions.

PrefaceIntroduction: Administrative Reform and Development by Ali FarazmandAdministrative Reform in AsiaInnovation for Administrative Reforms in Korea: A Case of Local Autonomy System by Jong-Hae YooAdministrative Reforms in India by Krishna TummalaToward Good Governance in Bangladesh: External Intervention, Bureaucratic Inertia, and Political Inaction by Habib ZafraullahResistance to Administrative Reforms in South Asian Civil Bureaucracies by Mohammad Mohabbat KhanAdministrative Reform in Hong Kong by Ahmed Shafiqul HaqueAdministrative Reform, Reorganization, and Revolution in the Near/Middle EastReorganization, Reform, and Revolution in Contemporary Iran by Ali FarazmandPolitical Dynamics and Administrative Reform in Turkey by A. Umit Berman and Metin HeperPredicament of Administrative Reform in the Arab States by Jamil JreisatAdministrative Reform in AfricaDecentralization and Development Adminstration in Nigeria by Olatunde and Peter KoehnThe Role of Human Resources Management in South African Public Service Reform by Victor HiliardCivil Service Reform in a Developing Country: A Critique of the Management and Administration of the Zimbabwe Reform Program by Hope SadzaAdministrative Reform in East/South Europe and Asia ComparedHungarian Local Government Transition From Communism to Capitalist Democracy by Terry BussAdministrative Reform Difficulties and the Role of Religion: Greece, South Korea, and Thailand by Constantine Danopoulos, and Dongsung Kong, and Ronald SylviaIndex