A Decade Of Civil Service Reform In Sub Saharan Africa
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A Decade Of Civil Service Reform In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Mr.Ian Lienert
language : en
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Release Date : 1997-12-01
A Decade Of Civil Service Reform In Sub Saharan Africa written by Mr.Ian Lienert and has been published by International Monetary Fund this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-12-01 with Business & Economics categories.
This paper assesses a decade of experience in civil service reform in a sample of 32 sub-Saharan African countries. Many countries have made an important start towards reducing excessive staffing levels and the nominal wage bill, but less progress has been made in decompressing salary differentials in favor of higher-grade staff. In the CFA franc zone countries, real wages fell sharply after the 1994 devaluation, but the wage bill relative to tax revenue is still high in many countries. There is a need to consolidate quantitative first-generation reforms that contribute to macroeconomic stabilization. Equally important is the need to make progress on qualitative second-generation reforms, especially remuneration and promotion policies that reward performance and measures to improve civil service management. Such policies will require strong political commitment by governments.
A Governance Approach To Civil Service Reform In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Mamadou Dia
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 1993-01-01
A Governance Approach To Civil Service Reform In Sub Saharan Africa written by Mamadou Dia and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Inefficient civil service administrations are jeopardizing future development in many African countries. The reforms suggested in this paper would make these administrations more accountable, enforce the rule of law, and reward bureaucrats solely on their
Reforming Africa S Institutions
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Author : Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Reforming Africa S Institutions written by Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Administrative agencies categories.
There is not a single African country that did not attempt public sector reforms in the 1990s. Governments no longer see themselves as sole suppliers of social services, frequently opting for partnerships with the private sector. Efficiency and choice have entered the language of the planning and implementation units of Africa's line ministries, while privatization is no longer the controversial subject it was a decade ago. There have also been moves towards more open and democratic governments. Reforming Africa's Institutions looks at the extent to which reforms undertaken in Sub-Saharan Africa in recent years have enhanced institutional capacities across the breadth of government. To what extent have reforms been internalized and defended by governments? The authors also look specifically at the impact of public sector reforms on these economies and pose the question whether 'ownership can be attained when countries continue to be heavily dependent on external support. The volume is presented in three parts. The first focuses on the issue of reform ownership; on the issues of governance, the political economy of reform ownership, and the contradictions inherent in using aid as an instrument for enhancing domestic reform ownership. Part two examines the nature of incentives in the African civil service and the reforms undertaken in recent years to raise public sector efficiency in Africa. The third part discusses issues related to institutional capabilities in Africa and how they have been affected by the reforms undertaken in the 1990s, including privatization and movement towards political pluralism.
Civil Service Reform In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Peter de Haan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Civil Service Reform In Sub Saharan Africa written by Peter de Haan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Civil service categories.
Reforming The African Public Sector Retrospect And Prospects
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Author : Joseph R. A. Ayee
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2008
Reforming The African Public Sector Retrospect And Prospects written by Joseph R. A. Ayee and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Administrative agencies categories.
Reforming the African Public Sector: Retrospect and Prospectsis an in-depth and wide-ranging review of the available literature on African public sector reforms. It illustrates several differing country experiences to buttress the main observations and conclusions. It adopts a structural/institutional approach which underpins most of the reform efforts on the continent. To contextualize reform of the public sector and understand its processes, dynamics and intricacies, the book examines the state and state capacity building in Africa, especially when there can be no state without an efficient public sector. In addition, the book addresses a number of theories such as the new institutional economics, public choice and new public management, which have in one way or another influenced most of the initiatives implemented under public sector reform in Africa. There is also a survey of the three phases of public sector reform which have emerged and the balance sheet of reform strategies, namely, decentralization, privatization, deregulation, agencification, co-production and public-private partnerships. It concludes by identifying possible alternative approaches such as developing a vigorous public sector ethos and sustained capacity building to promote and enhance the renewal and reconstruction of the African public sector within the context of the New Partnerships for Africa's Development (NEPAD), good governance and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Thirty Years Of Public Sector Reforms In Africa
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Author : Paulos Chanie
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2013
Thirty Years Of Public Sector Reforms In Africa written by Paulos Chanie and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
Over the past three decades, African countries have been reforming their public sector with a view to improving efficiency, effectiveness, accountability and transparency as part of efforts to improve the delivery of public services. Reform actions have included privatisation, public/private partnerships, commercialisation and adoption of private sector approaches in managing public organisations. This book, put together by OSSREA, reviews measures by African countries in that regard, the extent to which the measures have achieved their intended results, as well as the factors behind the failure to achieve those results, where this was the case.
The Quality Of Governance
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Author : Nadeem Ul Haque
language : en
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Release Date : 1998-11
The Quality Of Governance written by Nadeem Ul Haque and has been published by International Monetary Fund this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-11 with Business & Economics categories.
Collier and Gunning (1997) in a survey of the empirical African growth literature concluded that there is reasonable agreement between what the growth regressions find to be important and the variables suggested by the other literature. They identify four factors that seem to explain a large part of why Africa, especially Sub-Saharan African has not grown a lack of openness in product markets, extremely low social capital, high investor risk and poor public services. Surprisingly, the lack of formal finance is found to have a minor effect at both the aggregate level and the firm level. Their main argument that Africa stagnated because its governments were weak and inefficient, and oftentimes comprised of narrow rentseeking elites who undermined markets and considered the public sector to be a vehicle for delivering patronage. This role of the public sector reduced returns to investments in Africa as well as increased the already high risk in private investments. The natural response on the part of agents was to engage in capital flight and develop their social capital into risk-reduction and risk-bearing mechanisms at the expense of social learning. For the future, they argue that openness can not only directly improve conditions, but indirectly help better the state of the other three variables-lack of social capital, high risk and poor public services.
Public Service Reform In Eastern And Southern Africa
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Author : Kithinji Kiragu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Public Service Reform In Eastern And Southern Africa written by Kithinji Kiragu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Political Science categories.
Rehabilitating Government
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Author : David L. Lindauer
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Release Date : 1996
Rehabilitating Government written by David L. Lindauer and has been published by Ashgate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Business & Economics categories.
Annotation In many low- and middle-income countries, if civil service reforms are to succeed, governments must improve their performance in a cost-effective manner. To do so requires that they strengthen the capacity of government employees to do their jobs. This book assembles a group of essays that reflect the complexities of designing civil service pay and employment reforms. It builds on a previous set of studies that identified problems and introduces current work that offers prescriptions based on better information, deeper analysis, and more extensive experience with reform implementation. The volume is divided into two parts. Part I introduces the new studies and documents the nature and extent of prevailing difficulties. Chapters on Somalia and Tanzania offer detailed strategies for reform based on empirical findings. Part II examines lessons learned from the implementation of reforms in civil service pay and employment. It draws on evidence from the World Bank's decade-long experience in helping governments implement such reforms and on the extensive reform process in Ghana.
In The Shadow Of Good Governance
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Author : Gerhard Anders
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009-10-26
In The Shadow Of Good Governance written by Gerhard Anders and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-26 with History categories.
This book traces the implementation of the good governance agenda in Malawi from World Bank policy documents to the individual experiences of civil servants who responded in unforeseen ways to the reform. It presents a fine-grained ethnographic account of what African civil servants actually do, both at home and the office.