Exporting new public management: Performance agreements in a Pacific microstate

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 615-628

  O'Donnell, Michael ^a   Turner, Mark ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Performance contracts; Performance management; Public administration; Public policy

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; SOCIAL POLICY;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VANUATU;

EID: 33746594542     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550510624077     Document Type: Article

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