PLEASE DO THE READINGS FIRST AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

Readings

1. PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT REFORM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: PERSPECTIVES BEYOND NPM ORTHODOXY DERICK W. BRINKERHOFF1* AND JENNIFER M. BRINKERHOFF2 1RTI International, USA2George Washington University, USA

2. Participatory Budgeting: Core principles and KeyImpacts, Brian Wampler

3. MANAGING PUBLIC SECTOR DECENTRALIZATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: MOVING BEYOND CONVENTIONAL RECIPES, PAUL SMOKE

Readings addressing different administrative reforms. Consider the following guiding questions for the forum discussion, but feel free to introduce other points.

1. What are the specific administrative reforms addressed by this week's readings?

2. What are the roots that led to each reform: imposed, internal, external, innovation, etc.,?

3. How are these reforms supposed to influence governmental actions/responses/performance?

4. Do the readings provide evidence for the reforms' expected benefits? If so, what is the evidence?

5. Which of these reforms, if any, is applicable to the United States?

6. Are there contingencies for these reforms to generate the expected benefits? If so, what are some of the contingencies?