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Innovations in governance and public administration : replicating what works.
This publication sheds light on the many challenges and opportunities of innovations in governance as a developmental tool. By providing governments with a menu of innovations to solve economic and social problems effectively and with tools to adapt to their own context, the international community...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
United Nations, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine derived contents note: 1. Replicating Innovations in Governance: An Overview 1
- Adriana Alberti and Guido Bertucci
- Innovations in Governance: Perspectives and Challenges 1
- Why Should Governments Innovate? 1
- Definitions of Best Practices and Innovations 4
- Innovation for Achieving a Better Life for All 7
- Seeking Solutions That Work 11
- Getting from A to B 12
- Helping and Hampering Innovation 13
- Creating an Enabling Environment 15
- Transferability of Best Practices and Innovations 17
- Successful Adaptation 20
- Replicating What Works 22
- Concluding Remarks 25
- PART ONE: INNOVATION IN GOVERNANCE 27
- 2. Understanding Innovations and Best Practices 29
- Imraan Patel
- Characteristics of Innovation and Best Practices 29
- Patterns of Innovation 35
- Transfer of Improvements, Good Practices and Innovations 41
- Concluding Remarks 45
- 3. Learning from Best Practices in Public Management:
- A Methodological Approach 47
- Juan Carlos Cortdzar
- Management Practices 47
- A Methodological Approach for Studying
- Management Practices 51
- Concluding Remarks: Proposing Lessons to be Transferred 57
- PART TWO: TRANSFERABILITY AND ADAPTATION
- OF INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES 59
- 4. Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations: A Development
- Perspective 61
- Donald E. Klingner
- Diffusion of Innovation in a Development Context 61
- Innovation Diffusion and Adoption 63
- Guidelines for Adoption of Innovations 64
- Concluding Remarks 66
- 5. Transferability of Governance Institutions: The Ombudsman
- and the Independent Commission against Corruption 67
- Ladipo Adamolekun
- Transferability of Governance Institutions 67
- Factors Conducive to Successful Institutional Transfers 71
- Concluding Remarks 74
- 6. Dissemination of Innovations: Learning from
- Sub-National Awards Programmes in Brazil 75
- Marta Ferreira Santos Farah
- Innovation in Brazil: A Historical Perspective 76
- Dissemination of Innovations 78
- Decision-Making Constraints at the Local Level 82
- Concluding Remarks 84
- 7. Adaptation of Best Practices: The Experience of
- the Institute of Public Administration of Canada 85
- Joseph Galimberti
- The Lithuania-Canada Government Reform Project 85
- Public Policy Options Project China-Canada 87
- IPAC and the Award for Innovative Management 89
- How Do Innovations Spread? 91
- Concluding Remarks 94
- 8. Local Capacities for Adaptation of Innovative Ideas and
- Practices: Lessons from Municipalities in Mexico 95
- Tonatiuh Guillen L6pez
- Innovation in Government and Best Practices 97
- Capacities for Innovation and Best Practices 99
- Individual Innovative Programmes 101
- Documentation and Replication of Innovations in Government 103
- Originality and Replication of the Innovation 104
- Concluding Remarks 106
- 9. Different Approaches to Policy Transfer 109
- Carlos (onde Martinez
- Political Science Approach to Policy Transfer 109
- Main Variables in Policy Transfer 113
- Concluding Remarks 119
- PART THREE: APPROACHES TO TRANSFERRING AND ADAPTING
- INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES 121
- 10. Best Practices Knowledge Management Framework 123
- Nicholas You and Vincent Kitio
- What Are Best Practices? 123
- How Are Best Practices Identified and Documented? 124
- How Are Best Practices Assessed? 125
- Best Practices and Knowledge Management 126
- Impact of the BLP Knowledge Management Framework 131
- 11. Transferring Effective Practices: Excerpts from
- a Manual for South-South Cooperation 133
- Lakhbir Sing Chahl
- Peer-to-Peer Transfers 133
- Elements of a Transfer 138
- Overcoming Obstacles and Challenges 146
- Considerations for the Selection of Partners and Projects 151
- Lessons Learned 152
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Feedback 154
- 12. Replication Strategies and Transferability of Best Practices
- and Innovations: The Gawad Galing Pook Awards
- in the Philippines 157
- Austere Panadero
- The Shift of Powers to Local Governments 157
- Gawad Galing Pook Replication Experiences 160
- Information Transfer 160
- Nationally Driven Transfers 161
- Peer-to-Peer Coaching: KAAKBAY 163
- Learning and Insights 169
- Concluding Remarks: The Way Forward 173.