This conference explored the impact of the political settlement on improving public service performance in developing countries. Among the keynote speakers were Verena Fritz, Prof. Brian Levy, Magdy Martínez-Solimán, Alina Rocha Menocal and Michael Woolcock.
The conference used the political settlement lens to take a closer look at key components of public service performance, e.g. recruitment and promotion, performance management, effectiveness, responsiveness, etc., and try to establish where technical terms that form the staple of public sector reform, hide complex political realities.
Lastly, the conference made an attempt to identify concrete opportunities and activities to improve public sector performance for inclusive development, given local political settlements and leveraging ‘politics’. The focus of the conference was on non-crisis countries.
