Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2006
Journal or Book Title
African Development Review
Volume
18
Issue
3
First Page
471
Last Page
485
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8268.2006.00151.x
Abstract
Public sector reform programs implemented across Africa, including the World Bank’s “first” and ‘second” generation reforms, are based on the assumption that all public organizations are inefficient. This problematic assumption has had significant implications for policy in Africa. By failing to recognize that not all public organizations perform poorly, we ignore any potential lessons that could have been learnt from the experiences of organizations that have managed to perform effectively under the same social, political, economic and institutional environment. This paper uses Ghana as a case study to examine whether there are significant differences in the characteristics of poor and good performing public organizations. We found that good and poor performing organizations in Ghana were significantly different in two respects: remuneration and hiring criteria.
Copyright Owner
Wiley
Copyright Date
2006
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Owusu, Francis Y., "On Public Organizations in Ghana: What Differentiates Good Performers from Poor Performers?" (2006). Community and Regional Planning Publications. 15.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/communityplanning_pubs/15
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African Studies Commons, Other Political Science Commons, Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons, Urban, Community and Regional Planning Commons
Comments
This is the accepted version of the following article from African Development Review Vol.18 No.3 2006, pp.471- 485. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2006.00151.x, which is been published in final form at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8268.2006.00151.x/abstract.