Governance and Public Sector Reform in Asia value proposition 9781138332171

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Governance and Public Sector Reform in Asia value proposition 9781138332171Based on new field research, this book assesses the current state of governance and public sector reforms in eleven Asian countries and jurisdictions, especially in the wake of the recent regional financial crisis that seriously affected some of them. It analyses reform efforts comparatively against a backdrop of governance problems, and seeks to establish whether these efforts represent a substantive shift in attitudes towards reform or whether they