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Public Officials and Their Institutional Environment : An Analytical Model for Assessing the Impact of Institutional Change on Public Sector Performance

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dc.contributor.authorMukherjee, Ranjana
dc.contributor.authorManning, Nick
dc.contributor.authorGokcekus, Omer
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-27T21:09:31Z
dc.date.available2014-08-27T21:09:31Z
dc.date.issued2000-08
dc.description.abstractTo perform well, public officials must be confident enough about the future, to be able to see a relationship between their efforts, and an eventual outcome. Their expectations are shaped by their institutional environment. If the rules are not credible, or are unlikely to be enforced, of if they expect policies to be contradicted, or resources to flow unpredictably, results will be uncertain, so there is little point in working purposefully. The authors present an analytical framework, used to design a series of surveys of public officials' views of their institutional environment, and to analyze the information generated in fifteen countries. They describe how survey results help map public sector's strengths, and weaknesses, and offer an approach to identifying potential payoffs from reforms. The framework emphasizes how heterogeneous incentives, and institutional arrangements are within he public sector. It emphasizes how important it is for policymakers to base decisions on information (not generalizations) that suggests what is most likely to work, and where. In building on the premise that public officials' actions - and hence their organization's performance - depend on the institutional environment in which they find themselves, this framework avoids simplistic anti-government positions, bur doesn't defend poor performance. Some public officials perform poorly, and engage in rent seeking, but some selfless, and determined public officials, work hard under extremely difficult conditions. This framework offers an approach for understanding both bad performance, and good, and for presenting the results to policymakers in a format that leads to more informed choices, about public sector reform. Types of reforms discussed include strengthening the credibility of rules for evaluation, for record management, for training, and for recruitment; ensuring that staff support government policy; preventing political interference, or micro-management; assuring staff that they will be treated fairly; and, making government policies consistent.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/693243/public-officials-institutional-environment-analytical-model-assessing-impact-institutional-change-public-sector-performance
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2427
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19797
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2427
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectALLOCATION OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
dc.subjectATTENTION
dc.subjectAUTHORITY
dc.subjectBUDGET MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectBUREAUCRACY
dc.subjectBUREAUCRATIC BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectBUREAUCRATIC CORRUPTION
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCOMPETENCE
dc.subjectCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectCONSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectCORRUPTION
dc.subjectCOUNTRY DATA
dc.subjectCOUNTRY REPORTS
dc.subjectDATA ANALYSIS
dc.subjectDECISION-MAKING
dc.subjectDECREES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC COOPERATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC INCENTIVES
dc.subjectECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectEMBEZZLEMENT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS
dc.subjectEXECUTING AGENCIES
dc.subjectEXPECTED IMPACT
dc.subjectFINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFORMAL CONTRACTS
dc.subjectFORMAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT LEVEL
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT POLICY
dc.subjectGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCE
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLEADERSHIP
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectLEGISLATURE
dc.subjectLONG TERM
dc.subjectMANAGERS
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT ERRORS
dc.subjectMINISTERS
dc.subjectMINISTRY OF FINANCE
dc.subjectMOTIVATION
dc.subjectNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectPARTNERSHIP
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE INDICATORS
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE MEASURES
dc.subjectPOLICY CREDIBILITY
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICIANS
dc.subjectPOOR PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC AGENCIES
dc.subjectPUBLIC BUREAUCRACY
dc.subjectPUBLIC FUNDS
dc.subjectPUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectPUBLIC OFFICIALS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectRECOGNITION
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectSOCIALIZATION
dc.subjectSTATE BUDGET
dc.subjectTRANSPARENCY
dc.titlePublic Officials and Their Institutional Environment : An Analytical Model for Assessing the Impact of Institutional Change on Public Sector Performanceen
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okr.crossref.titlePublic Officials and Their Institutional Environment: An Analytical Model for Assessing the Impact of Institutional ChangES
okr.date.disclosure2000-08-31
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:25:11.517183Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/693243/public-officials-institutional-environment-analytical-model-assessing-impact-institutional-change-public-sector-performance
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid140311468761962095
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2427
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_00090806243128
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum693243
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okr.sectorOther Public Sector Management
okr.sectorPublic Administration, Law, and Justice
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicEducation::Educational Sciences
okr.topicPublic Sector Development::Decentralization
okr.topicGovernance::National Governance
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.topicEnterprise Development and Reform
okr.unitPoverty Reduction and Economic Management Network
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