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In recent years, many countries have undertaken administrative reform as a crucial step towards strengthening their economy and better management of their social development. The state is still playing a key role in the change management of nations. The United Nations Programme in Public Administration and Finance, established fifty years ago, has continuously supported developing countries and countries in economic transition in their efforts to reform their public administration structures. Pursuant to the proposal of the United Nations General Assembly Resumed Session on Public Administration and Development held in 1996, the UN Programme in Public Administration and Finance has begun to act as an information clearing house to actively collect and disseminate information on recent practices and innovations in public administration in Member States. A pilot project on Country Profiles in Administrative Reform was initiated to serve this information exchange programme.