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Governance and Civil Service Reform : A Regional Program

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dc.contributor.authorDia, Mamadou
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Rogerio
dc.contributor.authorMrope, Angelous
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T10:08:09Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T10:08:09Z
dc.date.issued1994-08
dc.description.abstractThis article reports on the implementation of a long-term capacity building approach to civil service reform. It starts with a review of past World Bank support to civil service reform and confirms that the cost containment approach achieved neither fiscal stabilization nor efficiency objectives despite heavy political and social costs. The rather disappointing results are traced to the patrimonial character of the state whose features in the civil service context are: recruitment based on subjective and ascriptive criteria; public employment managed as a welfare system; pay levels that are unrelated to productivity; loyalty of officials to the person of the ruler rather than to the state; and formalism of administrative rules and procedures rather than the substance. The paper argues that the direction of improvement lies in improved governance; a broader approach to civil service reform. Improving governance would begin with an assessment of the institutional environment which determines the patrimonial profile of the country: high when all of these factors are absent, low when they are present. This would be followed by the adoption of a strategy for reform that could be a comprehensive approach, an enclave approach or a hybrid approach, depending on whether the country's patrimonial profile is high, low or average, respectively.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/08/1614977/governance-civil-service-reform-regional-program
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/10013
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/10013
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAfrica Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 23
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectACTION PLANNING
dc.subjectBUILDING CONSENSUS
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subjectCIVIL SERVICE
dc.subjectCIVIL SERVICE REFORM
dc.subjectCIVIL SERVICES
dc.subjectCOLLABORATION
dc.subjectCONSULTATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectFIGURES
dc.subjectGOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE ISSUES
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS
dc.subjectLOCAL CAPACITY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL LEADERS
dc.subjectPREPARATION
dc.subjectPROJECT DESIGN
dc.subjectPROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
dc.subjectREFORM COMPONENTS
dc.subjectREFORM PROGRAM
dc.subjectREFORM PROGRAMS
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectRESOURCE MOBILIZATION
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSECTOR WORK
dc.subjectSOCIAL DIMENSIONS
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
dc.subjectTAX EVASION
dc.subjectTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectTRANSPARENCY CIVIL SERVICE
dc.subjectCIVIL SERVICE REFORMS
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
dc.subjectECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE
dc.titleGovernance and Civil Service Reform : A Regional Programen
dc.title.alternativeLa gouvernance et la reforme de la fonction publique : un programme regionalen
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okr.date.disclosure2001-12-11
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T09:10:06.320181Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/08/1614977/governance-civil-service-reform-regional-program
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.guid746721468007814483
okr.guid158151468204550499
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_01103104011895
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum1614977
okr.identifier.report23057
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2001/12/11/000094946_01103104011895/Rendered/PDF/multi0page.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.sectorLabor Markets and Employment
okr.topicSocial Development::Poverty and Social Impact Analysis
okr.topicUrban Development::Municipal Financial Management
okr.topicBanks and Banking Reform
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development
okr.unitAFT: Core Operations Services (AFTOS)
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