Public Sector Reform: What Works and Why? An IEG evaluation of World Bank Support

Independent Evaluation Group

Washington, DC : World Bank

关键词: ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE;    ANTICORRUPTION;    CIVIL SERVICE;    INDEPENDENT EVALUATION GROUP;    POLITICAL ISSUES;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-7589-1
RP-ID  :  44818

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The World Bank support for public sectorreform has grown notably in recent years. To address thequestions of what is working and why in this area, theIndependent Evaluation Group (IEG) has examined Bank lendingand other support for public sector reform in four areas:public financial management, administrative and civilservice, revenue administration, and anticorruption andtransparency. A majority of countries that borrowed tosupport public sector reform improved their performance insome dimensions, but there were shortcomings in importantaspects. Middle-income borrowers saw improvements in theirpublic sector quality more frequently than low-incomeborrowers, even though the low-income group usually hadgreater needs for public sector improvement. Performanceusually improved for public financial management, taxadministration, and transparency, but not for civil service.Direct measures to reduce corruption, such as anticorruptionlaws and commissions, rarely succeeded, as they often lackedthe necessary support from political elites and the judicial system.