https://thesis.eur.nl/col/4342/ List of Publications en https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/13536/ Tue, 01 Dec 1981 00:00:01 GMT <div>Sefue, Ombeni</div> Using the urban housing policy as a case study, this research forms part of an attempt to evaluate policy making and implementation in the first 20 years of independence. In addition the research is intended to provide a new approach and a new framework for policy evaluation in Tanzania. The new approach should be more behavioural than normative, practical rather than theoretical. The lack of realistic and adequate criteria in existing models for evaluating policies in developing countries dictates that policy evaluators must look elsewhere for meaningful evaluations. Emphasis must be on the socio- political contexts rather than on existing normative and prescriptive models developed in developed countries. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/33366/ Fri, 08 Dec 1989 00:00:01 GMT <div>Pabilla, Francisco D. Jr.</div> https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/13535/ Thu, 01 Dec 1994 00:00:01 GMT <div>Maganga, Patricia M.K.</div> Ten years after the introduction of decentralization policy in 1972, which involved transfer of significant powers and functions to the regions and districts, it was realized that the intended objectives of the policy were not achieved nor did the health situation significantly improved . This paper will focus on the question why the health policy objectives were not achieved. It hypothesizes that one of its instruments - decentralization of health services has not been adequately used and complemented. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/9238/ Thu, 01 Dec 1994 00:00:01 GMT <div>Gemandze, Bobuin John</div> Even though the concept of decentralization has received extensive treatment in the literature, (Maddick,1962; Fesler, 1965; Kaufman, 1969; Laubadere, 1973; Kochen & Deutsch, 1980; Cohen et ale ,1981; Rondinelli,1981; onyers,1983; Smith,1985; Gonidec,1985; Adamolekun et al.1990), there is as yet no consensus as to its precise meaning and content either within academic or professional circles. Rondinelli, (1981), asserts that decentralization is often discussed and proposed by government officials and staffs of international aid agencies without a concise conception of its meaning and without a real understanding of the alternative forms that decentralization can take. According to Cohen et al., (1981), there are a number of activities which parade under the banner of decentralization viz; devolution, deconcentration, delegation to autonomous agencies, delegation to parallel organizations, worker's self-management. On the other hand, Sherwood (1969), argues that devolution is not decentralization. For him, decentralization refers to an intraorganizational pattern of power relationships, whereas devolution involves an interorganizational pattern of power relationships (Sherwood,1969). https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/36896/ Fri, 16 Dec 1994 00:00:01 GMT <div>Tsegaw, Paulos Chanie</div> https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/66511/ Fri, 01 Dec 1995 00:00:01 GMT <div>Flora Sukoluhle Dlodlo</div> https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/9347/ Sat, 01 Nov 1997 00:00:01 GMT <div>Ouma, Nekessa Constance</div> Children living as well as working in the streets is a common sight in almost all the cities of the world. They have been the subject of so many studies. They have been a topic of discussion at national, regional and international levels. Several programmes world-wide have been designed and developed with a view of reaching these children. Despite these actions and concern, are we (those involved in the actions as well as inactions) able to say we know these children very well? Where they come from (their background)? How many they are? Who are they? Where they are? What they do? Reactions and answers to this questions, which have been answered in one way or the other, reveal that the term does not mean the same and one thing to the users, whether at a policy, programme, or/and project levels, even in everyday use at local levels. This implies significant differences among conclusions and the eventual responses to these children all levels. Therefore any appropriate point of departure for a discussion on street children in any forum should begin with a viable definition of these children, although the task to come up with a definition has not been easy. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/9425/ Mon, 01 Nov 1999 00:00:01 GMT <div>Edgar, Mbahamiza</div> Uganda is located in East Africa. It is a land locked country sand witched by Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and The Democratic Republic of Congo. It occupies a total area of 236,040 sq. km with land area covering only 199,710 sq. km. The economy is mainly agrarian peasant based with a small monetised sector. Agriculture accounts for more than 57% of GDP employing more than 80% of the national labour force. The economy was vibrant in the fIrst few y':~ars after independence but registered steady declines in the 1970's and 80's largely due to mismanagement and the declining world prices of coffee and .·.copper the main exports. The oil crisis of 1970's only helped to worsen the sit):iation. The economy started to regain credibility after the current National Resistance Movement (NRM) took power in 1986. Since it.:-G.aIl1e to. power, many reforms have been implemented to revive the economy. These include liberalisation of the economy, privatisation of many state owned enterprises, strict fmancial discipline, export promotion and import substitution drives among many others. The reforms have so far registered trmendous progress. Inflation has been brought down from over 200% in 1986 to less than 10% in 1998. The economy has registered annual growth rate of GDP from negative fIgures in 1986 to approximately 7% in the last 2 years. Economic reforms coupled with other public sector reforms like democratisation, decentralisation, constitutional reform has: put Uganda's picture again in countries registering progress on the African continent. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/11317/ Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:01 GMT <div>Mbahamiza, Edgar</div> https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/11159/ Thu, 30 Nov 2000 00:00:01 GMT <div>Kharel, Mahesh</div> The main objective of research is to evaluate the impact of divestiture policy in Nepal as a case of privatisation. To support this focal objective, the specific functional objectives are: to assess the performance of privatised enterprises, to evaluate the efficiency of privatised enterprise, to identify the challenges of the privatisation process such as employment, transparency. The main research question is " Whether the divestiture policy succeeded in achieving its micro and macro level objectives". The hypotheses to clarify the main question are as follows: Divestiture policy assists to reduce financial burdens of the government, Divestiture policy contributes to enhancing the efficiency of enterprises, Divestiture policy facilitates popular participation in management. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/9148/ Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:01 GMT <div>Avura, Francis Babongte</div> https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/65319/ Fri, 15 Dec 2000 00:00:01 GMT <div>Arellano, Ernesto S. Jr.</div> The proposed model of this study, suggest structural reforms, specifically Constitutional Accommodation or reform. The suggested reform will facilitate power sharing scheme among conflicting actors, where they are the one to define what they want. The fundamental focus is reducing layers of political structures by either refinement of policy for autonomous government, or shift to federalization of government or adoption of a one-state- dual system to accommodate difference. The armed conflict in Southern Philippines is a compounded product of different factors since period of colonization and further exacerbated by modernization process. Efforts to promote economic activity ,vas responded as intrusion. It also widen disparity of income between the Muslims and Christians, which created insecurity of the other. The conflict constantly changing its arena, nature, and mode of resistance, the Muslims and Christians fought for assertion of dominance and identities under the backdrop of structural defects. It has been shaped by geopolitical issues, influence by resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism and Marxism. Sub-ethnic characteristics divide the Muslims, each having their own specific and different discourse in relation to demands - making it difficult to arrive at a compromise. United Nation sponsored independence for East Timor, serve as model for intensification of armed confrontation by Moro Islamic Liberation Front in order to capture international attention. Different traditional concepts of land ownership as opposed to government policy of resettlement, decongestion of urban centers, and introduction of multi-national corporations in relation to globalization has served as underlying context of the conflict. Constant threat to ancestral domain serve as inspiration to continue a secessionist movement among the Moros. Structural defects of the Constitution are translated into the political system and governance system. The failure to recognize ethnic diversity, specifically Islamic laws into the predominantly Christian society served as working context of the conflict. Three peace agreements were signed, and the Final Peace Agreement, in fact an irony, becomes the factor which makes it more difficult to arrive at a resolution with other actors involved in the conflict. The transitory government mandated by the agreement failed to perform its task. Rising expectations and frustrations of its constituents created another response which is more violent, and beyond the coverage of the agreement. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/9251/ Fri, 23 Nov 2001 00:00:01 GMT <div>Salman, Ali</div> Pakistan has become, according to the vision of its founder, a laboratory of Islam. All regimes in Pakistan regardless of their political ideology and democratic dispositions have relied on Islam as a legitimizing force. The military government under General Ziaul-Haq, which assumed power in 1977 after displacing the civilian government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, adopted Islam as its sole legitimacy and set forth an all-inclusive overhaul of policies and systems according to the Islamic law - a process termed "Islamization". While education policy, foreign policy, and media policy received special attention under Islamization, economic policy remains the classical case. Referring these economic reforms as the 'Islamization of Pakistan's Economy', this essay discusses their underlying behavioural, political and socio-economic reasons and analyzes their outputs and outcomes. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/13730/ Fri, 30 Nov 2001 00:00:01 GMT <div>Mthethwa, Lulu Thusego</div> https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/9145/ Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:01 GMT <div>Anggriani, Novi</div> The citizen's experience with the institutions of governance usually leaves much to be desired. In many parts of the world, people dealing with government agencies have to engage in dreary and time-consuming activities they would much rather avoid. The growing complexity of the society requires improvement of public administration performance. The growth and development of new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) give a new opportunity for this. As Slevin (2000:1) argues, the rise of new media, spearheaded by the Internet, is beginning to contribute significantly to the complexity of the channels of communication in an uncertain modern world. If we wish to understand the transformation taking place in modern societies, we must recognize the central role such media play and are aware of the impact they have (ibid). https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/9421/ Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:01 GMT <div>Michael, Anicet</div> The growth of Tanzania's public enterprises I can be back as far as 1967 when Arusha Declaration sought to put the major means of production in the hands of the govemment. Various statutes that sought to nationalize companies that were privately owned effected this. The Public Corporations Act of 1969 was passed that gave the president powers to establish state owned enterprises by a simple order published in the government gazette. From 1950s to early 1970s, state interventionism in the economy was the dominant paradigm, where govenm1ent directed allocation of resources for production, took an active form in production and provision in the public sector. Various forms of price control were administered, where in Tanzania, The National Price Commission was setup in 1974 to regulate prices. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/9140/ Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:01 GMT <div>Abarshi, Ishaya Ibrahim</div> https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/9343/ Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:01 GMT <div>Ploysarak, Phongjira</div> The world today is facing the problem of scarcity of resources. Due to the scarcity of resources together with the trend of good governance, accountability, and new public management, there is increasing demand to restructure and refol1n public sectors. The govemments around the world try to find ways to improve their public sectors' perfol1nances through meaningful refornls (i.e. administrative reform, decentralization). Perfonnance measurement is perceived as one important strategy to improve govemrnent productivity because it can show how well the public sectors can perform and whether or not they still need to improve their capacities. Performance measurement is a broad concept covering many concepts and frameworks. A lot of effort has been spent in order to find the best methodologies which can give the precise measurement of public sectors' perfonnance. https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/14662/ Sun, 15 Dec 2002 00:00:01 GMT <div>Lorete, Stephen Mworsho</div> https://thesis.eur.nl/pub/13720/ Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:00:01 GMT <div>Roos, Clemens</div> The concept of Human Capital is an important factor in the several Public Administration concepts such as Governance, Good Governance and New Public Management, but it is not identified as such. To get a view of the position of this concept, this thesis is concentrated around the role political loyalty plays in relation to knowledge, expertise and experience when the making appointments for senior positions in the government. It turns out that political loyalty prevails over education and experience when senior positions are staffed and that there is no policy, or policy intention regarding Human Capital. Further outcomes were that personal records from civil officers, kept by the Ministry of Home affairs are in most cases not up to date and incomplete and that not all assessed ministries had job descriptions and requirements. Deputy Directors who were in position for long periods without additional trainings were replaced only at their retirement. Also officers holding insufficient university degrees from unrelated disciplines and a lack of experience were not unfamiliar. Most of the policy advisors were retired political loyalists without sufficient education. It is a regular habit to ignore functional requirements when staffing high level positions, to facilitate political allies. There also exists a population of so called ghost officers, who receive a monthly salary, without delivering any performance, what puts a burden on the financial resources and has developed into a form of rent seeking. With the above sketched situation with no place and attention for Human Capital, achieving Good Governance will be difficult or maybe impossible. .Improvements can be made by introducing a transparent selection procedure with a system of checks and balances for applicants. Another option is to create a pool of professionals that are trained for the high level positions, regardless of political affiliation. In the aspiration to Good Governance, the New Public Management principles must be implemented more intensive to eliminate the burden on the government caused by the inefficiency in the civil service. New Public Management implementation must lead to a smaller government making it unattractive to appoint political loyalists to high level positions. Finally a policy concerning Human Capital must be developed, because it is required to perform Governance or other public management principles.