Public Sector Reforms in Pakistan: Hierarchies, Markets and Networks

by Abiha Zahra (Editor), Geert Bouckaert (Editor), Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Jadoon (Editor), Nasira Jabeen (Editor)

Overview

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 market-oriented reforms and the steps taken to involve the private sector to build a better-governed public sector, and explores new trends in the public sector in the areas of digitalisation and disaster management. Bringing together young researchers, academics, and practitioners, the book sets a new milestone in the movement towards context-specific reform studies in both academia and the professional practice of public administration, particularly in South Asia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030968274
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	06/16/2022
Series:	Public Sector Organizations
Edition description:	1st ed. 2022
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Abiha Zahra is Research Fellow at the Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium and Assistant Professor at the Department of Governance and Global Studies, Information Technology University, Lahore, Pakistan. Her research focuses on structural reforms in the state organizations of Pakistan.

Geert Bouckaert is Professor at the Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium. His research focuses on public sector reforms in the OECD countries, and performance management.

Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Jadoon was Professor at the Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab, Pakistan. He has taught at the University of Houston, the University of Southern California, and the University of Stirling. His research focuses on governance and management of public organizations.

Nasira Jabeen was Director of the Institute of Administrative Sciences and Human Resources Development Center, University of the Punjab, Pakistan. Her research interests include governance, public management, and human resource management.

Table of Contents

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 (1947–2018).- 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 Pakistan—An 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 Public–Private 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.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“The editors of this impressive volume have assembled highly insightful chapters on essential aspects of public sector reform in Pakistan. Drawing on an overarching analytical framework, the chapters analyse long-term trends from a macro-level perspective as well as reform trajectories in vital policy sectors including health, energy, and higher education. This book makes a significant contribution towards a theoretically and empirically rich understanding of how contextual factors shape public sector reforms in a developing context.” (Tobias Bach, Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway)

“This is an excellent book on the administrative reforms in Pakistan from an institutional building perspective. The editors not just walk the readers through the history of reforms in the country, but also utilize a multidimensional approach that combines political and market forces to analyze key sectors of healthcare, finance, education, energy, e-government and disaster management. The chapters showcase complexity of reforms in a non-Western setting. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in public administration in Pakistan.” (Meghna Sabharwal, Professor, Public and Nonprofit Management School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas)

“The proposed book is an unusual and innovative collaborative research work. The title is enticing and opens up a spectrum of issues, challenges, images of nagging perceptions about Pakistan's public sector. Yet, through cutting edge and evidence driven research, multiple chapters effectively convey possibilties and identify avenues of reform in various arenas of public sector. The eminet editors draw our attention on how a collaborative enterprise could lead to a paradiagm shift and usher in 'strategic decesion making' change in the public sector and thus reforming the functioning of the state. This is commendable research work on public sector reform in Pakistan.” (Dr. Saeed Shafqat, Professor & Director Centre for Public Policy and Governance, Forman Christian College Lahore, Pakistan)