The Changing Role of Government: The Reform of Public Services in Developing Countries

by Richard Batley, George A Larbi, George A. Larbi, et al.

Book Overview

Batley and Larbi examine how governments of developing countries are organized to deliver public services. The book is based on comparative international studies of four service sectors: healthcare, urban water, business promotion and agricultural marketing. Governments everywhere are being driven to adopt an "indirect" approach--managing, contracting and regulating public agencies or private partners, rather than providing services directly. It questions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333736176
• ISBN13: 9780333736173
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.9"