3 instrumental roles public administration system in developing country plays.

1. It helps in programming, planning and policy making

2. It is responsible for implementing programmes, plans and policies
3. It keeps citizens informed of government plans and policies

3 propositions should receive widespread recognition

1. The government of a developing country should play a central role in promoting

social and economic development
2. To fulfil this role, there is a need for expansion of administrative capabilities at all
levels of government
3. Public administration must itself adapt to changing circumstances if it is to be a
mechanism of the development process.

 An important component of development administration is administrative capability,

which is one of the scarcest of resources in developing countries.
• Development administration- the emerging problems in developing countries is how to
combine skills and bring them to bear more effectively on action development
programmes which will develop their economy, sustain improvement in their social
system and increase the capacity of their political systems.
• Administrative capability-capacity to obtain intended results by means of organization.
• “Administrative capability for development involves the ability to mobilize, allocate and
combine the actions that are technically needed to achieve development objectives.” -
S.M. Katz

Appraising performance of administrative capability

• In measurement of administrative capability, three indications can be formulated:

inputs(I), outputs(O) and productivity(O/I)
• In an organization I includes persons assisted by physical inputs and management
technology, and O is the production of goods and services as to output. Performance
 (O/I), therefore depends on how public administration system is organized, how work is
divided and coordinated and what management technology is used.
• Norman Uphoff suggests four kinds of performance namely, Efficiency(Organization),
Effectiveness(Linkages), Innovation (Planning), and efficacy (feedback).