Public sector management and reform: Cook Islands experience

Abstract

This article explores important features of the evolution of public sector management and reform in the Cook Islands, particularly from the mid-1990s. It addresses significant developments and challenges which require sound ongoing attention. In doing so, it contributes to an understanding of why and how small island developing states need to embrace programmes of public sector reform as a core component of their socio-economic development.

Keywords:

• public sector management
• public sector reform
• performance management
• devolution
• small island states
• Cook Islands

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.