Practice question · Numerical answer
How many recurring failures of new public management does this lesson identify?
Hints
- Gaming and fragmentation are two of them.
- Gaming, fragmentation, transaction costs and accountability confusion.
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4
Why
Four. They recur across countries and sectors, which is what makes them properties of the model rather than local implementation problems, and it is why the post-NPM agenda addresses all four at once rather than proposing better targets.
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