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The application of new public management doctrines in the developing world: An exploratory study of the autonomy and control of executive agencies in Tanzania

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This article examines the agencification of public service in Tanzania. This is discussed with reference to the New Public Management (NPM)‐inspired reforms of which the creation of executive agencies is one of its core features. The article attempts to understand the extent to which executive agencies in Tanzania display characteristic features of an ideal‐agency model as propagated by the NPM reform doctrines. Key features of the ideal‐agency model have been described as structural disaggregation, autonomy and contractualisation. It questions views held by many NPM‐minded reformers, such as the EU and World Bank that this model is universally applicable and can be emulated in different parts of the world. The article's assumption is that the NPM‐agency model is based on a weak empirical foundation and its universal applicability is questionable. To illustrate our arguments we confront the NPM‐agency model with the empirical data drawn from the agencification of public services in Tanzania. Findings indicate that agencies in Tanzania display hybrid characteristics in terms of their autonomy and control. Our conclusion is that the universality of NPM‐agency model is illusive. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Andrew Sulle, 2010. "The application of new public management doctrines in the developing world: An exploratory study of the autonomy and control of executive agencies in Tanzania," Public Administration & Development, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 30(5), pages 345-354, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:padxxx:v:30:y:2010:i:5:p:345-354
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    1. Moore, Mick, 2014. "Revenue Reform and Statebuilding in Anglophone Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 99-112.
    2. Gyldas A. Ofoulhast‐Othamot, 2022. "The perils of a bureaucratic fad in Africa: Examining the effects of the agencification of the state apparatus in Gabon," Public Administration & Development, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 42(3), pages 179-189, August.
    3. Matilde Jeppesen, 2021. "What we hoped for and what we achieved: Tax performance of Semi‐Autonomous Revenue Authorities in sub‐Saharan Africa," Public Administration & Development, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 41(3), pages 115-127, August.

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