Using appropriate examples, appraise the view that the potential of electronic governance to achieve efficient and effective public service delivery in Ghana would be better advanced by public managers committed to serving the values and needs of citizens in the society rather than by public managers committed to the ideas of new public management.

Using appropriate examples, appraise the view that the potential of electronic governance to achieve efficient and effective public service delivery in Ghana would be better advanced by public managers committed to serving the values and needs of citizens in the society rather than by public managers committed to the ideas of new public management.

Principles of Microeconomics (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781305971493

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter11: Public Goods And Common Resources

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