Public management reforms in Pakistan

ABSTRACT

This article focuses on public management reform in Pakistan and how the reform trajectory has evolved over the past couple of decades. Reforms in Pakistan represent a mix of reform ideas and elements that continually evolve and respond to globalization and current reform trends with donor influence. The article is divided into three sections. The first section introduces the recent salient reform initiatives. The second section discusses the key challenges for Pakistan over the next years in terms of reform implementation and how they can be addressed. Finally, implications for research on public management reforms in developing countries are discussed.

KEYWORDS:

• Public management reform
• COVID response
• Pakistan
• developing countries

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Yaamina Salman

Dr Yaamina Salman is working with the Institute of Administrative Sciences (IAS), University of the Punjab—a pioneer institute in the field of public administration education in Pakistan—for the last 20 years. She has a PhD in Management from the University of Edinburgh and her research focuses on public sector reforms, collaborative governance, networks, and institutional complexity.