Public Sector Reforms in Pakistan

¿This book provides a research-based analysis of public sector reforms in Pakistan. It offers a broad overview of reforms at different levels of government - including federal, provincial and local - and examines decentralization and devolution reforms in various policy sectors. It also reflects on market-oriented reforms and the steps taken to involve the private sector to build a better-governed public sector, and explores new trends in the public sector in the areas of digitalisation and disaster management. Bringing together young researchers, academics, and practitioners, the book sets a new milestone in the movement towards context-specific reform studies in both academia and the professional practice of public administration, particularly in South Asia.

Chapter 1: Public Sector Reforms in Pakistan: Hierarchies, Markets or Networks.- Part I: Reforms in public sector organizations.- Chapter 2: Interface of Actors and Positions: Implications for Reforms.- Chapter 3: Reforming Structures and Procedures in Pakistan (1947-2018).- Chapter 4: Autonomy of Public Hospitals in Pakistan in the time of Covid-19:A Policy Perspective.- Chapter 5:Energy Sector Reforms in Pakistan: Trends and Challenges.- Chapter 6: Reforms in Federal Training Institutions in Pakistan-An Institutional Perspective .- Chapter 7: Interagency Collaboration/Coordination in the Context of Pakistan: Case of Polio Eradication Program.- Part II: Decentralization/Devolution.- Chapter 8: Trends in Local government reforms: Case of Environmental Protection Authority.- Chapter 9: Decentralization Reforms in the Public Health Sector in Pakistan.- Chapter 10: Deregulation in Higher Education Institutions of Pakistan.- Part III: Involving the Market.- Chapter 11: Pakistan Post and the Creation of an Innovative Business Model to Enhance Financial Inclusion.- Chapter 12: Sustainable Public-Private Partnership Delivery in Pakistan; Evolution, Barriers, and Way Forward.- Part IV: Adopting the new trends.- Chapter 13: Digital Government: Transforming Sialkot into a Citizen-Friendly District.- Chapter 14: Disaster Management Reforms in Pakistan.- Chapter 15: Public Sector Reforms in Pakistan: Concluding Reflections.