Economic Decentralization and Public Management Reform

Abstract

Part 1 Economic decentralization - public management issues: the theory of decentralization - an alternative political economy approach, Rathin Roy public-private partnerships - implications for public expenditure management, A. Premchand the multilateral institutions and budget accountability in Jamaica, Jane Harrigan public expenditure reform without policy change - infrastructure investment and health care service provision under fiscal squeeze in Kerala, D. Narayana aid, financial decentralization and accumulation under economic reform - theoretical reflections on the Tanzanian experience, Marc Wuyts. Part 2 Policy and regulation in privatizing systems: informal regulation - a conceptual framework and application to decentralizaed mixed health care systems, Maureen Mackintosh charging for health care in Tanzania - official pricing in a liberalized environment, Paula Tibandebage the water industry - the problems of public interest regulation, Richard Schofield and Jean Shaoul management control, ownership and development illustrations on a privatized Bangladeshi enterprise, Shahzad Uddin and Trevor Hopper.