New Public Management reforms in developing countries: the Moroccan case

Abstract

Since the 1980s, New Public Management (NPM) has been seen as the main basis for public management reforms in the world. Despite published articles on the dysfunctions of this paradigm, several developing countries are still in the process of implementing its ideas. Morocco is among the countries that are still implementing reforms inspired by the NPM. This article attempts to present the major public reform in Morocco inspired from NPM since 1990.  Based on an analysis of scientific articles dealing with NPM in other countries, we presented three main factors for implementing NPM reforms in Morocco which are: public debt, the strategy for transferring policies and political factors.