Case #1071.0

Scaling Down the Bureaucracy

Publication Date: January 01, 1991
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Abstract:
The problem of excessively large public bureaucracies, in relationship to the size of the overall economy, plagues many developing countries. The Pacific Basin nation of Gapura--a disguised composite of similar emerging nations in that region--is plagued by a public sector which continues to grow, despite an economy--and government revenues--that are not. This case poses, through the perspective of the Gapura Budget Bureau, the problem of developing a strategy for controlling growth in the Gapura civil service.

Other Details

Case Author:
Tee-How Tan
Faculty Lead:
Merilee Grindle, Stephen Reifenberg, and John W. Thomas
Pages (incl. exhibits):
7
Setting:
Pacific Rim
Language:
English
Funding Source:
Economic Development Institute at World Bank