In vogue and at odds: systemic change and new public management in development

• Autores: Ben Taylor
• Localización: Enterprise development & microfinance, ISSN 1755-1978, Vol. 25, Nº. 4, 2014, págs. 271-287
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Two concurrent trends have emerged in development in recent years which are incompatible in their current form. Firstly, new public management, comprising evidence-based policy and the results agenda, has come become ubiquitous among policymakers in recent years. Secondly, there has been a realization of the utility of systemic approaches to development programming in order to bring about sustainable change for larger numbers of people. This paper highlights the negative impacts of this former trend on development and, more acutely, its incompatibility with the latter trend. The paper then highlights emerging, positive signs of a change in thinking in development, to lead to a more pragmatic and contextually nuanced approach to measuring progress. It identifies the need for further research in this area, and calls for an evaluation of approaches rather than a search for a silver bullet. The paper draws on a review of the evidence together with a number of key informant interviews with practitioners.