New directions for public management

Consideration of the roles to be played by the public and private sectors in a country’s developm ent strategy naturally leads to an analysis of the public sector’s main orientations regarding both its own actions and the establishm ent of a regulatory framework for the performance of certain types of activities. These orientations are expressed through public policies, i.e., the courses of action followed by the public sector in pursuance of a more or less well-defined objective.