'Imihigo': a hybrid model associating traditional and modern logics in public policy implementation in Rwanda

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Title:	'Imihigo': a hybrid model associating traditional and modern logics in public policy implementation in Rwanda
Author:	Kamuzinzi, Masengesho
Year:	2016
Periodical:	International Journal of African Renaissance Studies (ISSN 1753-7274)
Volume:	11
Issue:	1
Pages:	123-141
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Rwanda
Subjects:	government policy public administration management
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1080/18186874.2016.1212477
Abstract:	The adoption of 'Imihigo' as a new tool for public policy implementation emerged from the persistent observation that the existing bureaucratic system continued to react - in slow motion - while the improvements promised by the government required more responsiveness. Although originally, its initiators conceived this new system as a home-grown solution, based on empirical findings, this article shows that it evolved in the form of a hybrid model relying on two opposite mechanisms to increase public service delivery: the spirit of emulation of local leaders rooted in tradition and the external control of performance rooted in the new public management philosophy. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]