...Daniel Simonet; Marie-France Waxin; Omar Belkhodja Purpose This paper examines the trajectory and consequences of New Public Management (NPM) reforms in the wake of privatizations, target-based controls, and public sector corporatization and to explain why outcomes are not consistent across...

.... The assessment relies on secondary sources from ministerial bodies such as the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Labor, the Social Security and the General Accounting Office, and specialized French technical agencies. Findings Decentralization in France and the subsequent rise of public...