Publication: Targeting Results, Diagnosing the Means: Innovative Approaches for Improving Public Sector Delivery
Date
2013-05
ISSN
Published
2013-05
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Abstract
This note sets out approaches to reform
which start with identifying the shortcomings in results and
which then look for pragmatic solutions that fit the
particular context: no best practice, fewer universal
recommendations for institutional design. The relative
merits of this type of approach have not been empirically
tested, but they are nonetheless intuitively reasonable and
offer an alternative to other models of institutional reform
which have not had great success. This note argues that
these results-based approaches are a welcome breath of fresh
air in a difficult domain. They are clearly in tune with the
current results focus of the international development
community and they address many of the challenges recognized
by practitioners in previous approaches. However the authors
still have remarkably little hard evidence on which to base
a robust assessment of the effectiveness of this type of intervention.
Citation
“Manning, Nick; Watkins, Joanna. 2013. Targeting Results, Diagnosing the Means: Innovative Approaches for Improving Public Sector Delivery. GET Note;. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25488 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”