Looks at methods employed in regulating and controlling the conduct of public servants in carrying out their responsibilities. Discusses some aspects of the Office of the Ombudsman in the Caribbean. Demonstrates how politics and political activity have an impact on the managers of the public service by focusing on several pertinent themes e.g. bureaucratic neutrality. Looks at the many problems of developmental planning. Highlights the related issues of budgeting, financial management and public accountability. Examines some aspects of the public enterprise sector and highlights the crucial issues related to administrative reform, the problems encountered as the way forward. Focuses on the experiences in administrative reform in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.

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