Researching public sector reform

Investigating efficiency and operation of public sector institutions.

Government representatives and experts on privatization from 63 countries addressed the topics of competition and regulation of privatized monopolies in an UNCTAD "Working Group on Comparative Experiences with Privatization" in December 1993. The findings were that competition is as important as regulation in promoting the efficiency objectives of privatization. In a competitive market, competition is also the best regulator. However, in a monopoly situation, regulation is necessary to protect consumer welfare and serves as a substitute for competitive pressure.

With privatized monopolies, preference should be given to competition wherever feasible in order to enhance efficiency. However, competition may be impeded by monopolistic market structures and restrictive licensing policies. It is therefore essential to promote a pro-competition legal framework. With regard to the special case of public utilities, contestable sectors could be separated from those displaying natural monopoly characteristics and the former exposed to competition.

1. Studying social reform
2. Studying public policy
3. Researching economic development
4. Researching
5. Advancing business studies

1. Providing expertise on privatization
2. Encouraging private provision of infrastructure

1. Using economic instruments for sustainable development
2. Restructuring industry
3. Regulating public sector with independent body
4. Reforming state-owned enterprises
5. Reforming institutions
6. Reducing public sector corruption
7. Privatizing the public sector
8. Increasing state efficiency
9. Improving public sector working conditions
10. Improving efficiency of government monopolies
11. Deregulating commerce

1. Privatization of public services
2. Privatization of intergovernmental monetary system
3. Inefficient public administration
4. Ineffective governmental use of nongovernmental resources
5. Frustrated talent in government posts
6. Deficiency in innovation in the public sector
7. Decline in public sector savings
8. Decline in government social expenditure

1. Reform
2. Privatization
3. Counter-reformation

1. Innovating the Public Sector: from Ideas to Impact
2. UNDP: Public Service Reforms – Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
3. Introduction: Challenges of Public Sector Reform
4. FOSTERING INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURIALISM IN PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
5. From Old Public Administration to the New Public Service
6. International Centre for Parlimentary Studies: Public Sector Reform
7. EVALUATION OF PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE REFORMS 2 001 - 2011
8. Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation
9. Public Sector Reform