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With doubt of generalized applicability of the NPM, the critics argue that the usefulness of NPM reforms in the countries experienced developmental state is slight at best. In a bid to support this argument a case of NPM reform efforts in Korea, especially for the Kim, Dae Jung and Roh, Moo Hyun governments is employed to assess the suitability of international bench marking or originated in developed countries. In explaining the limited applicability of NPM reforms in the two governments an emphasis is on the legacy of the developmental state within the bureaucratic elites.
The legacy is distinct from that of developed countries which are based on liberal democracies and market system featuring free competition. And the NPM reform of developed countries comes from bureaucratic inefficiency, but on the other hand that of Korea comes from the democratic political circumstances. For successful NPM reforms in Korea, therefore, this study argues that making a through study of Korean bureaucracy and administrative culture is essential for analyzing administrative problems and reform results.