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WELCOME TO IPA
The Institute of Public Administration (IPA) is a private, nonprofit organization concerned with building capacity for effective government.
"Good government" was IPA's focus when it was established at the beginning of the 20th century, a movement that brought together leaders in business, civil society, and public service. Over the past ninety years IPA's interactive program of technical assistance, research, and training has promoted good government at municipal, state and national levels in the U.S. and throughout the world.
Today IPA is responding to the challenges of a dramatically shifting role for the public sector that has emerged in response to a variety of international events and crises. Countries at all stages of development -- industrialized, transitional and developing -- have begun to increase reliance on the private sector, streamline central government operations, and decentralize substantial powers and responsibilities to lower levels of government in a quiet but profoundly important "devolution revolution".
Effective government is IPA's focus at the beginning of the 21st century. Our hallmark will continue to be a comparative and collaborative approach that works to achieve effective government as a vital partner in social and economic development.