The new public selection? Anti-corruption, psychometric selection and the new public management in Nepal

Public Management Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 325-343

  McCourt, Willy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Decentralization; Employee selection; Nepal; New public management; Service commissions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996671829     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616670110045008     Document Type: Article

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