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Pinto R F
Public Administration and Development, (UK), Oct 1998 Vol 18 No 4
Start page: 387. No of pages: 11.
Argues that the global trend towards market dominance and a reduction in state intervention has led to demands for state reform in developed and developing countries. Assesses the consequent difficulties for public management practitioners in operationalizing the opposing demands for service growth and improvement and fiscal restraint.