{"id":9314,"date":"2022-07-27T06:59:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T06:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/publications\/public-sector-governance-and-development-performance-an-international-comparison-with-special-focus-on-vietnam\/"},"modified":"2022-07-27T06:59:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T06:59:51","slug":"public-sector-governance-and-development-performance-an-international-comparison-with-special-focus-on-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/vi\/publications\/public-sector-governance-and-development-performance-an-international-comparison-with-special-focus-on-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Sector Governance and Development Performance\r\n&#8211; An international comparison with special focus on Vietnam &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Development theory has increasingly focused on public sector governance and pertinent<br \/>\ninstitutions as key determinants of successful development. This paper discusses the concepts of<br \/>\npublic sector governance and alternative development indicators. Both theory and empirical<br \/>\nevidence investigated suggest a significant interrelationship between a country\u2019s quality of public<br \/>\nsector governance, the institutions shaping it, and development performance, however measured.<br \/>\nQuantitative measures of these concepts are then used to depict Vietnam\u2019s comparative<br \/>\nperformance in the pertinent areas. The main result of this comparison is that Vietnam\u2019s<br \/>\ndevelopment performance \u2013 whether measured by the level of GDP pc or the Human<br \/>\nDevelopment Index \u2013 ranks in the second lowest quintile among the 178 national economies for<br \/>\nwhich comparable date exist. This weak performance is then related to the country\u2019s public sector<br \/>\ngovernance ranking, which is similarly unimpressive. It is argued that Vietnam\u2019s lagging<br \/>\nperformance regarding relevant aspects of governance holds back the country\u2019s broader<br \/>\ndevelopment. The paper then discusses opportunities for and obstacles to improving public sector<br \/>\ngovernance: Readily available information on governance principles and corresponding<br \/>\ninstitutional structures prevailing in the \u201cbest practice\u201d countries (e.g. Norway, New Zealand,<br \/>\nDenmark etc.), and these countries\u2019 willingness to share their expertise, offer the opportunity for<br \/>\nother countries to improve their own performance by adapting top performers\u2019 practices and<br \/>\nexperience to their own local conditions. The key to such knowledge transfer is the political will<br \/>\nto implement it, and the major obstacles to doing so are the resistance from entrenched interest<br \/>\ngroups, combined with the inertia of some pertinent \u201ccultural\u201d characteristics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","cate_publications":[],"author_publications":[1950],"topic_publications":[],"class_list":["post-9314","publications","type-publications","status-publish","hentry","author_publications-peter-sturm"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications\/9314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publications"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cate_publications","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cate_publications?post=9314"},{"taxonomy":"author_publications","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_publications?post=9314"},{"taxonomy":"topic_publications","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic_publications?post=9314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}