Command and Can't Control: Assessing Centralized Accountability in the Public Sector. Policy Research Working Paper 11200
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| Title: | Command and Can't Control: Assessing Centralized Accountability in the Public Sector. Policy Research Working Paper 11200 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Saad Gulzar, Juan Felipe Ladino, Muhammad Zia Mehmood, Daniel Rogger, World Bank |
| Source: | World Bank. 2025. |
| Availability: | World Bank Publications. 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433. Tel: 202-458-4500; Fax: 202-552-1500; Web site: http://www.worldbank.org/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 71 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Public Sector, Accountability, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Vertical Organization, Educational Administration, Models, Government (Administrative Body), Outcomes of Education, Administrative Organization, Public Education |
| Geographic Terms: | Pakistan |
| Abstract: | A long-established and widely used approach to management in government has been the transmission of information up a hierarchy, and centralized decision-making and oversight; colloquially known as 'command and control'. This paper examines accountability in such a system implemented at scale in Punjab, Pakistan. Using random variation in the intensity of accountability of the scheme, the paper shows that the corresponding de facto punishments had a negligible impact on school or student outcomes. It uses detailed data on the education production function to show that this fundamental component of command-and-control approaches does not induce bureaucratic action towards improvements in government performance. [Additional funding provided by the Blavatnik School of Government/Education Commission DeliverEd.] |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | ED679765 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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