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Theoretical Framework: RBApps

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RBApps can be framed within public sector reform debates and partly within debates revolving around development cooperation and aid effectiveness. The focus on performance and results, and thus, the increasing interest in the application of RBApps can be found in both debates. However, it derived most notably from the application of New Public Management (NPM) approaches in the public sector and their transfer to development cooperation.

The language of and focus on performance and results continues to inform current thinking about public sector reform and aid effectiveness. Therefore, performance of the public sector and RBApps are nowadays the core concern of governments and development partners in a number of developing countries.

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    Stephan Klingebiel, Victoria Gonsior, Franziska Jakobs & Miriam Nikitka

  2. GFA Consulting Group Gmbh, Hamburg, Germany

    Victoria Gonsior, Franziska Jakobs & Miriam Nikitka

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Klingebiel, S., Gonsior, V., Jakobs, F., Nikitka, M. (2016). Theoretical Framework: RBApps. In: Public Sector Performance and Development Cooperation in Rwanda. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42144-5_2

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