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The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions of reform officials regarding the degree of success of different aspects of the reform program during the period of the years 1998-2009. Also, this research hypothesized that type of officials positions variable has impact on their different level perception of the degree level of success/failure of administrative reform program. Content analysis was used to analyze the responses of the interviewees and are subject to Comparison with the findings of the survey questionnaires. The results indicate that the reform program was not perceived as successful as expected. However, a minority of the interviewees (25 percent) argued that the program was successful. Type of officials (manager and non manager) variable was not significant to have an impact on officials perception. Lack of participation of key groups in design and implementation of the program, inconsistency between the reform objectives and the missions of line organizations, diversity of reform agencies, and lack of enthusiasm and commitment of middle and top level managers, extreme persistence of conflict among stockholders (politicians, bureaucrats, citizens, donors) , lack of government management, leadership and technical capacity, lack of private sector and market capacity, low political commitments, lack of congruence of bureaucratic incentives, structures with stated government goals, were among the perceived impediments to success of reform program. The originality of this research is that its first kind to tackle the evaluation of public administration reform issue in Yemen; its contribution to Public Administration literature reform; and its advanced methodology
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