 New Public Management In Sri Lanka and Compare With Pakistan and New- Zealand

New Public Management

 Situation Before Public Sector Reforms  Why These country needed Public Sector Reform  Focusses areas to Develop  How to Overcome this problem(New Public Management Element)  Public Sector Reform In Sri Lanka  Public Sector Reform In Pakistan  Public Sector Reform In New Zealand  What are the Suggestion

Situation Before Public Sector Reforms – Continue…..  Administration System/Norm “Welfare First and Growth later”  Advanced welfare Services  Foods  Health  Education

Situation Before Public Sector Reforms – Continue…..  Political administrative system (Public Services)  It is centralized for Process rather than outcome  Bureaucratic Approach (Public Services)  Rigid rules  Security than merit for promotion

Situation Before Public Sector Reforms – Continue…..  Critical Problem was  Unemployment  High Poverty Levels  Low Growth Rate

Main Challenge of This Countries are  Increasing Budget Deficit  Multilateral Pressures  Risk of neo-liberal market economics  Address the rising cost and size of government, Relative to growth of the private sector

Focusses areas to Develop  Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness of Public Sector  Combat Corruptions

How to Overcome this this problem (Characteristic Of New Public Management ) – Continue…..  Market Based Public Administration  Entrepreneurial Government

Characteristic Of New Public Management– Continue…..  Market Based Public Administration  Public Entities Being  Commercialized  Privatized  Contracted Out  Down sizing the Public Sector Organization

What are the main achievement of public reform  Providing High Quality Service  Advocating Managerial Autonomy  Demanding, Measuring and Rewording both Organizational  Providing human and Technology Recourses To ensure better Government with Low cost………

1980 DDC 1978 PIDS PC DPA DDCs DMS PCP 2000 What Kind of Reform Have Been Taken Since 1970

What kind of reform have been taken in Sri Lanka  DDCS – 1971  Divisional Development Councils (DDCS) to Create Local Employment and use Local Resources  DPA – 1973  District Political Authority with Decentralized Budget System  DMS – 1978  District Minister System  DDC – 1980  District Development Councils were Establish with Act  PC  Provincial Council Act  PCP –  Presidential Committee on Privatizations  PIDS – 2000  Performance and Aptitude Appraisals for Senior Civil Services.

Weakness of the Reform – Continue….. DDCS Divisional Development Councils  Necessary financial & Managerial Capacity were not Available.  No consistency between interest of local elite objective of decentralization.

Weakness of the Reform – Continue….. DMS – 1978 District Minister System  No long term planning.  DMS has very low power.  Lack of Interrelationship between other Institute (Local, Central government)  Political Interests are taken Priority

Weakness of the Reform – Continue….. PC – 1987 (13 th Amendment) Provincial Council Act  Lack of Coordination between different levels of Government  Imbalances between Political Institution and Bureaucracy  High Political Influence

Weakness of the Reform – Continue….. PCP – Presidential Committee on Privatizations  Inadequate institutional arrangement to enforce smooth financial transaction  Minimal safety nets for retrenched workers  Corruption – decline of public accountability  Lack of transparency in public sector

Weakness of the Reform – Continue….. Performance and aptitude appraisals  Civil Servant were not ready for development need of the country like New Zealand, UK, Canada, Malesia.

What are the Suggestion  Need Managers than Administration, with Communication and Technical skills(IT).  Ministers Should Work with the Bureaucrats (don't use informal channel).  Structure the Local Levels Officials  Establish a Proper Performance Evolution System.  Enforcement of Greater Transparency.  Direct to Smaller Government.

Economic Data Year Population12.4 million19 million21 million Literacy Rate80%92.6% Life Expectation 70 Years76.8 Years Per Capital income $ 800$ Low income country Middle income country