Developing Country Perspectives on Public Service Delivery

✍ Scribed by Anjula Gurtoo, Colin Williams (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer India
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 298
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book examines the status of public service in developing countries, in the sectors of health, infrastructure, labour and marginalized populations, rural economy and public administration. The last decade has witnessed significant government focus on service delivery in developing nations like South Africa, Philippines, India and Malaysia. At the forefront of this movement has been the public sector reforms significantly driven by two broad factors: public sector inefficiencies and liberal economic ideology. This move towards efficient public service delivery in developing nations (versus developed nations) has required a significant shift in institutional thinking and institutional capacity for the governments. It is therefore no surprise that while economic liberalization has been relatively easy to implement, governance reforms towards public service delivery has been significantly more challenging. In this background, the chapters of the book, with sector themes, examine the three basic foundations of public policy—courses of action, regulatory measures and issues, and funding structures and priorities—in public service delivery. The book is a multi country, multi sector, perspective since it includes studies from Russian Federation, India, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Fiji, South Africa, Columbia, Philippines, Macedonia and India. This perspective lends itself to the investigation for a comprehensive overall development model.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Access to Medicine in Public Hospitals and Some Crucial Management Issues....Pages 3-16
Reproductive Health Services in Ethiopia....Pages 17-29
Analyzing the 2011 Colombian Health Reforms....Pages 31-39
Policy Reform and Governance in Philippine Health Regulatory System....Pages 41-53
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Technology Diffusion: The Case of Cloud Computing in India....Pages 57-77
Unlocking Public Service Delivery Impediments for SMES: The Case of Fiji....Pages 79-93
Urban Mobility Trends in Indian Cities and Its Implications....Pages 95-116
Water Security: Assessing the Role of Reforms Related to Independent Regulatory Authorities in India....Pages 117-134
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Professional Status of Physicians in the Russian Federation....Pages 137-151
Perceived Quality of Public Administration and Trust in Local Government Officials in the Philippines....Pages 153-166
Legal Basis for Responsible Working of the Administration in the Republic of Macedonia: An Assessment....Pages 167-178
Accountability in the Karnataka State Police in India....Pages 179-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Housing for Orphans Against the Backdrop of Social Disparity in Russia....Pages 199-215
The Role of Agricultural Public Extension in a Private-Led Technological Innovation....Pages 217-234
Implementing a Cash Grant Program for the Homeless in Metro Manila, The Philippines....Pages 235-255
Enhancing Credit Delivery Facilities to Support Farmer’s Use of Technology....Pages 257-269
Public Service Delivery – An Integrative Framework....Pages 271-287
Back Matter....Pages 289-293

✦ Subjects

Development Economics; Public Administration; Public Economics; Agricultural Economics; Health Economics; Labor Economics