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Innovations in the provision of public goods and services

✍ Scribed by Rogerio F. Pinto

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
117 KB
Volume
18
Category
Article
ISSN
0271-2075

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✦ Synopsis

Current eorts at administrative reform in both developed and developing countries have invariably focused on the critical issue of provision of public goods and services. The accumulated experience and attendant innovations are therefore vast. Few attempts have been made to pull this experience together and draw salient features which might be of use to newcomers to the task of improving provision of public goods and services. This article draws on a panel of experts and government ocials convened by the author who have re¯ected and/ or experimented with innovative approaches to public good and service provision. After discussing the role of the state, market and civil society relative to public goods and services, the article lays out a set of basic institutional options for innovations in provision. The article concludes with some strategic considerations on the sequencing of steps to achieve successful market-based innovations in the provision of public goods and services in the context of the minimalist and the strong but restrained state.

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