Public sector reform in Lesotho: Challenges‚ achievements and the way forward ABSTRACT THE GOVERNMENT OF LESOTHO EMBARKED UPON A LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM EXERCISE FROM THE EARLY 1990S (PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME-PSRIP). IT WAS DRIVEN BY THE REALISATION THAT THE PUBLIC SECTOR WAS BLOATED‚ INEFFICIENT WITH REGARD TO POOR SERVICE DELIVERY‚ WITH CORRUPTION CONSTITUTING A DRAIN ON BUDGET. THE INFLUENCE AND ‘PERSUASION’ OF THE WORLD BANK‚ THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
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distinct premium is placed on looking and feeling good‚ the desire to be attractive is on the rise. Not surprising then that both men and women are seeking the services of beauticians‚ hairstylists and dermatologists to improve their looks. As this number swells‚ there is also a perceptible shift happening in the marketplace. The beauty services industry‚ largely unorganised and pegged at over Rs 12‚000 crore by some observers (others peg it as low as Rs 2‚000 crore)‚ is slowly but steadily taking the
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SERVICE MARKETING IN BANKING SECTOR AND RECENT PERCEPTIONS IN MARKETING THOUGHTS OF SERVICES MARKETING IN BANKING Marketing approach in banking sector had taken significance after 1950 in western countries and then after 1980 in Turkey. New banking perceptiveness oriented toward market had influenced banks to create new market. Banks had started to perform marketing and planning techniques in banking in order to be able to offer their new services efficiently. Marketing scope in banking sector
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Should the public sector be privatized? Replies: Posted By: meenakshisekar Yes of course privatization of public sectors leads to some healthy changes in an org. b’s when you take public sectors u can find some slackness (or a little bit) delay in their services. But in case of private since service is there first and foremost duty they act rapidly. Posted By: ssrkraju Hi All‚ Privatization of public sector. Lot depends of which sector we are talking about. Let me clarify few doubts
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SERVICE SECTOR: Service sector also known as tertiary sector consist of following structure: A. Transport‚ Communications and Trade Transport‚ storage‚ communication 1. Railways 2. Transport by other means and storage 3. Communications Trade‚ hotels‚ restaurants B. Finance and real estate Banking & insurance Real estate‚ ownership of dwellings‚ and business
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0. INTRODUCTION. The private sector is a broad concept which has long been underestimated by economic authors but also by the government. The evolution of business ideas from the mercantile era (15th century BC) has yielded a lot in today’s business world. Businesses exist both in developing and developed countries. Each year‚ a large number of new businesses are started of which only a few are successful and grow larger. These businesses are both made by foreigners and nationals
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Portfolio Management of Research Projects in the Public and Private Sectors Yolanda Yebra Aguado Project Management Submission date: June 2011 Supervisor: Tim Kristian Andreas Torvatn‚ IØT Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management MSc in Project Management‚ Thesis Preface This thesis work is carried out at the department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management (IØT). It constitutes the final thesis for the Master of
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Introduction Public sector management‚ was introduced in the UK during the era of Margaret Thatcher and in the US during President Ronald Regan’s term of office (1970s and 1980s). This transformation in the management of the public sector was adopted by many countries as a strategy for government as a means to solve problems that was existing in the delivery of public goods and services. The rigid‚ hierarchical‚ bureaucratize form of public administration was changed to a
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Sectors contributing to India’s GDP India is a vast country‚ so the sectors contributing to the country’s GDP is also big in numbers. Various sectors falling under the India GDP composition includes food processing‚ transportation equipment‚ petroleum‚ textiles‚ software‚ agriculture‚ mining‚ machinery‚ chemicals‚ steel‚ cement and many others. Agriculture is the pre dominant occupation in India‚ employing more than 50% of the population. The service sector accounts for employing more than 25%
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Volume 7 – No. 1 © OECD 2007 Improving Public Sector Efficiency: Challenges and Opportunities by Teresa Curristine‚ Zsuzsanna Lonti and Isabelle Joumard* This article examines key institutional drivers that may contribute to improving public sector efficiency and focuses on one of them in more detail: performance information and its role and use in the budget process (“performance budgeting”). * Teresa Curristine is a Policy Analyst in the Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate
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