Subject(s): Central-local government relations -- Decentralization in government -- Fiscal policy -- Infrastructure -- Economics Management -- Public administration -- Developing countries -- Globalisation -- Globalization and public sector reform -- Managerial reform : Applying new public management in developing countries, elusive public sector reform in east and southern Africa, public sector management reform in Latin America, capacity to deliver- management, institutions and public services in developing countries -- Fiscal reform : Fiscal and capacity building reform, employment and pay reform in developing and transition societies -- Decentralized reform : Fiscal decentralization in developing countries- theory and practice, decentralization polices and practices under adjustement and democratization in Africa, public- private partnership and pro-poor development- experience of Coboda water concession in Argentina -- Public sector reforms