What Factors Predict How Public Sector Projects Perform? A Review of the World Bank's Public Sector Management Portfolio
This paper uses regression analysis to identify which country context, reform content, process, and project management variables predict the performance of public sector management projects, as measured by the Independent Evaluation Group's pr...
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okr-10986-172992021-04-23T14:03:37Z What Factors Predict How Public Sector Projects Perform? A Review of the World Bank's Public Sector Management Portfolio Blum, Jürgen René ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM AID AID DEPENDENCY AID FLOWS CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SERVICE CORRUPTION COUNTERFACTUAL DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPMENT AID DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION METHODS EXPORTS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FLEXIBILITY GENDER ICR IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INTERNAL AUDITS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION MODERNIZATION NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATURAL RESOURCES OPERATIONAL RISK PEER REVIEW PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE DETERMINANTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY FACTORS POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS PORTFOLIOS PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT OBJECTIVES PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC BUREAUCRACIES PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PUBLIC MONEY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT REFORM PUBLIC SECTOR PROJECTS PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM PUBLIC SERVANTS PUBLIC SERVICE REGIONAL PROJECTS REGRESSION ANALYSIS RENTS RISK FACTORS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAMPLE SIZE SELECTION BIAS SERVICE DELIVERY STATE GOVERNMENTS TARGETING TAX ADMINISTRATION TRANSPARENCY URBAN DEVELOPMENT VOTERS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS This paper uses regression analysis to identify which country context, reform content, process, and project management variables predict the performance of public sector management projects, as measured by the Independent Evaluation Group's project outcome ratings. The paper draws on data from a large sample of World Bank public sector management projects that were approved between 1990 and 2013. It contributes to an emerging literature that uses cross-country regressions to analyze public sector management reform patterns. The findings suggest that political context factors have a greater impact on the performance of public sector management projects than on other projects. Specifically, public sector management projects perform better in countries with democratic regimes than autocratic ones. They fare better in the presence of programmatic political parties and in more aid-dependent countries. Project managers' subjective risk assessments predict performance in public sector management operations better than objective risk indicators. These findings suggest that the performance of public sector management projects would benefit from a better alignment of project design with political context and from a more open dialogue about risk between task team leaders and management. 2014-03-18T19:40:24Z 2014-03-18T19:40:24Z 2014-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19193740/factors-predict-public-sector-projects-perform-review-world-banks-public-sector-management-portfolio http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17299 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6798 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM AID AID DEPENDENCY AID FLOWS CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SERVICE CORRUPTION COUNTERFACTUAL DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPMENT AID DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION METHODS EXPORTS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FLEXIBILITY GENDER ICR IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INTERNAL AUDITS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION MODERNIZATION NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATURAL RESOURCES OPERATIONAL RISK PEER REVIEW PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE DETERMINANTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY FACTORS POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS PORTFOLIOS PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT OBJECTIVES PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC BUREAUCRACIES PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PUBLIC MONEY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT REFORM PUBLIC SECTOR PROJECTS PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM PUBLIC SERVANTS PUBLIC SERVICE REGIONAL PROJECTS REGRESSION ANALYSIS RENTS RISK FACTORS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAMPLE SIZE SELECTION BIAS SERVICE DELIVERY STATE GOVERNMENTS TARGETING TAX ADMINISTRATION TRANSPARENCY URBAN DEVELOPMENT VOTERS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS |
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ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM AID AID DEPENDENCY AID FLOWS CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SERVICE CORRUPTION COUNTERFACTUAL DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPMENT AID DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION METHODS EXPORTS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FLEXIBILITY GENDER ICR IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INTERNAL AUDITS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION MODERNIZATION NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATURAL RESOURCES OPERATIONAL RISK PEER REVIEW PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE DETERMINANTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY FACTORS POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS PORTFOLIOS PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT OBJECTIVES PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC BUREAUCRACIES PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PUBLIC MONEY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT REFORM PUBLIC SECTOR PROJECTS PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM PUBLIC SERVANTS PUBLIC SERVICE REGIONAL PROJECTS REGRESSION ANALYSIS RENTS RISK FACTORS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAMPLE SIZE SELECTION BIAS SERVICE DELIVERY STATE GOVERNMENTS TARGETING TAX ADMINISTRATION TRANSPARENCY URBAN DEVELOPMENT VOTERS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS Blum, Jürgen René What Factors Predict How Public Sector Projects Perform? A Review of the World Bank's Public Sector Management Portfolio |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6798 |
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This paper uses regression analysis to
identify which country context, reform content, process, and
project management variables predict the performance of
public sector management projects, as measured by the
Independent Evaluation Group's project outcome ratings.
The paper draws on data from a large sample of World Bank
public sector management projects that were approved between
1990 and 2013. It contributes to an emerging literature that
uses cross-country regressions to analyze public sector
management reform patterns. The findings suggest that
political context factors have a greater impact on the
performance of public sector management projects than on
other projects. Specifically, public sector management
projects perform better in countries with democratic regimes
than autocratic ones. They fare better in the presence of
programmatic political parties and in more aid-dependent
countries. Project managers' subjective risk
assessments predict performance in public sector management
operations better than objective risk indicators. These
findings suggest that the performance of public sector
management projects would benefit from a better alignment of
project design with political context and from a more open
dialogue about risk between task team leaders and management. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Blum, Jürgen René |
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Blum, Jürgen René |
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Blum, Jürgen René |
| title |
What Factors Predict How Public Sector Projects Perform? A Review of the World Bank's Public Sector Management Portfolio |
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What Factors Predict How Public Sector Projects Perform? A Review of the World Bank's Public Sector Management Portfolio |
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What Factors Predict How Public Sector Projects Perform? A Review of the World Bank's Public Sector Management Portfolio |
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What Factors Predict How Public Sector Projects Perform? A Review of the World Bank's Public Sector Management Portfolio |
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What Factors Predict How Public Sector Projects Perform? A Review of the World Bank's Public Sector Management Portfolio |
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what factors predict how public sector projects perform? a review of the world bank's public sector management portfolio |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19193740/factors-predict-public-sector-projects-perform-review-world-banks-public-sector-management-portfolio http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17299 |
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