Public Sector Reforms in Pakistan

This book provides a research-based analysis of public sector reforms in Pakistan. It offers a broad overview of reforms at different levels of government - including federal, provincial and local - and examines decentralization and devolution reforms in various policy sectors. It also reflects on market-oriented reforms and the steps taken to involve the private sector to build a better-governed public sector, and explores new trends in the public sector in the areas of digitalisation and disaster management. Bringing together young researchers, academics, and practitioners, the book sets a new milestone in the movement towards context-specific reform studies in both academia and the professional practice of public administration, particularly in South Asia. Abiha Zahra is Research Fellow at the Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium and Assistant Professor at the Department of Governance and Global Studies, Information Technology University, Lahore, Pakistan. Her research focuses on structural reforms in the state organizations of Pakistan.

Geert Bouckaert is Professor at the Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium. His research focuses on public sector reforms in the OECD countries, and performance management.

Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Jadoon was Professor at the Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab, Pakistan. He has taught at the University of Houston, the University of Southern California, and the University of Stirling. His research focuses on governance and management of public organizations.

Nasira Jabeen was Director of the Institute of Administrative Sciences and Human Resources Development Center, University of the Punjab, Pakistan. Her research interests include governance, public management, and human resource management.

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Abiha Zahra is Research Fellow at the Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium and Assistant Professor at the Department of Governance and Global Studies, Information Technology University, Lahore, Pakistan. Her research focuses on structural reforms in the state organizations of Pakistan.

Geert Bouckaert is Professor at the Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium. His research focuses on public sector reforms in the OECD countries, and performance management.

Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Jadoon was Professor at the Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab, Pakistan. He has taught at the University of Houston, the University of Southern California, and the University of Stirling. His research focuses on governance and management of public organizations.

Nasira Jabeen was Director of the Institute of Administrative Sciences and Human Resources Development Center, University of the Punjab, Pakistan. Her research interests include governance, public management, and human resource management.

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IntroductionPart 1: Reforms in public sector organizations

1. Shifting Structures and Procedures (Abiha Zahra & Geert Bouckaert)

2. Interface of Reform Actors and Positions: Structural Implications (Abiha Zahra & Geert Bouckaert)

3. Analysis of Critical Barriers in the Formulation and Evaluation of Public (Health) Policy in Developing Countries: Case of Punjab - Pakistan (Muhammad Fayyaz Nazir & Ellen Wayenberg)

4. Reforms in Energy Sector in Pakistan: Trends and Challenges (Shabana Naveed, Madiha Rehman Farooqi, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Jadoon & Yaamina Salman)

5. Reforms in Federal Training Institutions in Pakistan - An Institutional Perspective (Madiha Rehman & Shabana Naveed)

6. Interagency Collaboration/Coordination in the Context of Pakistan: Case of Polio Eradication Program (Hasna Khan & Amani Moazzam)

Part 2: Decentralization/Devolution

7. Trends and Dynamics of Devolution in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis of Local Government System under Military Regimes and Civilian Governments in Pakistan (Asifa Jahangir, Rubeel Zain & Ahmed Bilal)

8. Trends in Local government reform: Case of Environmental Protection Agency (Zahra Paul & Adnan Sial)

9. Centralization and Decentralization in the Public Health Sector in Pakistan (Aneeqa Suhail, Awais Gohar &Trui Steen)

10. Deregulation in Higher Education Institutions of Pakistan (Hafsa Noor & Nasira Jabeen)

Part 3: Involving the Market

11. Pakistan Post and the Creation of an Innovative Business Model to Enhance Financial Inclusion (Naubahar Sharif & Athar Mansoor)

12. Sustainable Public Private Partnership Delivery in Pakistan: Evolution, Challenges & Way Forward (Beenish Bakhtawar, Husnain Arshad & Muhammad Jamaluddin Thaheem)

Part 4: Adapting to the new trends

13. Digital Government: Transforming Sialkot into a Citizen Friendly District (Athar Mansoor & Bilal Haider)

14. Disaster Management Reforms in Pakistan (Aisha Azhar)

Conclusion