Public sector reforms in Pakistan : hierarchies, markets and networks / Abiha Zahra, Geert Bouckaert, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Jadoon, Nasira Jabeen, editors.

This book provides a research-based analysis of public sector reforms in Pakistan. It offers a broad overview of reforms at different levels of government including federal, provincial and local and examines decentralization and devolution reforms in various policy sectors. It also reflects on marke...

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Other Authors: Zahra, Abiha (Editor), Bouckaert, Geert (Editor), Jadoon, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal (Editor), Jabeen, Nasira (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Series:Public sector organizations.
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505 0 |a Chapter 1: Public Sector Reforms in Pakistan: Hierarchies, Markets or Networks -- Part I: Reforms in public sector organizations -- Chapter 2: Interface of Actors and Positions: Implications for Reforms -- Chapter 3: Reforming Structures and Procedures in Pakistan (19472018) -- Chapter 4: Autonomy of Public Hospitals in Pakistan in the time of Covid-19:A Policy Perspective -- Chapter 5:Energy Sector Reforms in Pakistan: Trends and Challenges -- Chapter 6: Reforms in Federal Training Institutions in PakistanAn Institutional Perspective -- Chapter 7: Interagency Collaboration/Coordination in the Context of Pakistan: Case of Polio Eradication Program -- Part II: Decentralization/Devolution -- Chapter 8: Trends in Local government reforms: Case of Environmental Protection Authority -- Chapter 9: Decentralization Reforms in the Public Health Sector in Pakistan -- Chapter 10: Deregulation in Higher Education Institutions of Pakistan -- Part III: Involving the Market -- Chapter 11: Pakistan Post and the Creation of an Innovative Business Model to Enhance Financial Inclusion -- Chapter 12: Sustainable PublicPrivate Partnership Delivery in Pakistan; Evolution, Barriers, and Way Forward -- Part IV: Adopting the new trends -- Chapter 13: Digital Government: Transforming Sialkot into a Citizen-Friendly District -- Chapter 14: Disaster Management Reforms in Pakistan -- Chapter 15: Public Sector Reforms in Pakistan: Concluding Reflections. 
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