ABSTRACT
International financial crises, management of public debts, institutional and organizational transformations and political scandals have challenged the system of public administration (Haque 2000). Particularly, under the influence of normative judgment that “the public is bad, private is good,” the “new public management” (NPM) approach has become a trademark to express this process (Hood 1991; Pollitt 1993). It is argued that there are several factors that affect the implementation of NPM in developing countries. These include putting an end to economic and financial crises, promoting democratic political and social life, reforming bureaucracy in an efficient and effective manner, and establishing free market economy to harmonize these countries with the developed world. However, it is considerably difficult to implement the NPM instruments in these countries which face deficiencies in the rule of law, bureaucratic impartiality and accountability. Obviously, public administration reforms will result in failure where corruption is widespread and where public servants lack ethical values.
