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Modern Times: Harnessing ICT for development
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Modern Times is the 1936 comedy starring, written, and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character...
Capacity development: Tending to strategic HR management
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Singapore has observed, “Where nations will eventually stand in the economic ladder will depend on their strategic human resource management...
Think globally, act locally: Benchmarking local governance
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Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Tip O’Neill declared following his only electoral defeat in 1935 that,...
Losing my religion: Mastering public-private partnerships
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The Asian Development Bank estimates that the global demand for infrastructure funding is $3 trillion annually, with 11% sourced via public-private partnerships.
Building pyramids in the valleys
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Regardless of stage and scale of development, governments need assurance that their financial affairs – budget, revenue, accounting, audit, borrowing,...
Dancing with the Devil: Institutionalizing integrity in public administration
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Following Singapore’s independence in 1965, the controversial leadership of Lee Kuan Yew transformed this former British trading post into a...
Bending the arc of history
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Shakespeare's "dark comedy," Measure for Measure, deals with the issues of mercy, justice and truth.
Sky Pilot: Ministering to public service renewal
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Henry Mintzberg observed in a 2007 CGE interview that management and leadership are two sides of the same coin.
Making the case for leadership development
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Reform is almost always about developing the capacity of government to manage, deliver and renew public services. The capacity deficit...
Alice through the Looking Glass …
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Public sector reform can be like falling down a rabbit hole — things just get "curiouser and curiouser."