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Paths between Peace and Public Service: A Comparative Analysis of Public Service Reform Trajectories in Postconflict Countries

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dc.contributor.authorBlum, Jürgen René
dc.contributor.authorFerreiro-Rodriguez, Marcos
dc.contributor.authorSrivastava, Vivek
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-10T19:24:44Z
dc.date.available2018-12-10T19:24:44Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractBuilding a capable public service is fundamental to postconflict state building. Yet in postconflict settings, short-term pressures often conflict with this longer-term objective. To ensure peace and stabilize fragile coalitions, the imperative for political elites to hand out public jobs and better pay to constituents dominates merit. Donor-financed projects that rely on technical assistants and parallel structures, rather than on government systems, are often the primary vehicle for meeting pressing service delivery needs. What, then, is a workable approach to rebuilding public services postconflict? Paths between Peace and Public Service seeks to answer this question by comparing public service reform trajectories in five countries—Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Timor-Leste—in the aftermath of conflict. The study seeks to explain these countries’ different trajectories through process tracing and structured, focused methods of comparative analysis. To reconstruct reform trajectories, the report draws on more than 200 interviews conducted with government officials and other stakeholders, as well as administrative data. The study analyzes how reform trajectories are influenced by elite bargains and highlights their path dependency, shaped by preconflict legacies and the specifics of the conflict period. As the first systematic study on postconflict public service reforms, it identifies lessons for the future engagement of development partners in building public services.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-1082-4
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4648-1082-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/30971
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDirections in Development—Public Sector Governance;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPOSTCONFLICT
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICE
dc.subjectCIVIL SERVICE
dc.subjectWAGE BILL
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
dc.subjectPARALLEL STRUCTURES
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectSTATE BUILDING
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectCORRUPTION
dc.subjectFRAGILE STATES
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
dc.titlePaths between Peace and Public Serviceen
dc.title.subtitleA Comparative Analysis of Public Service Reform Trajectories in Postconflict Countriesen
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okr.date.disclosure2018-12-28
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okr.identifier.report132831
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okr.region.countryAfghanistan
okr.region.countryLiberia
okr.region.countrySierra Leone
okr.region.countrySouth Sudan
okr.region.countryTimor-Leste
okr.topicPublic Sector Development::Public Sector Administrative and Civil Service Reform
okr.topicPublic Sector Development::Public Sector Management and Reform
okr.topicConflict and Development::Conflict and Fragile States
okr.topicGovernance::National Governance
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Wages, Compensation & Benefits
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