Publication: Recent Bank Support for Civil Service Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Countries
Date
2003-10
ISSN
Published
2003-10
Author(s)
Mukherjee, Ranjana
Abstract
Civil service reconstruction is
important in post-conflict countries because conflict erodes
institutions and civil service capacity. And because
successful reconstruction-in all sectors -requires domestic
capacity to implement projects, a weak civil service
undermines overall reconstruction efforts. Moreover, donor
assistance is crucial to a country's rebuilding, and
coordinating such assistance requires a certain amount of
civil service capacity. In addition, the Bank has found that
country ownership is essential for successful projects. But
country ownership can be jeopardized if international
agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) dominate
reconstruction efforts, overwhelming states already weakened
by conflict. Civil service reconstruction offers an
opportunity to start anew, with little of the resistance to
civil service reform often encountered from politicians and
civil servants. It allows good practices to be instilled
from the outset-without having to undo bad ones.
Citation
“Mukherjee, Ranjana. 2003. Recent Bank Support for Civil Service Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Countries. PREM Notes; No. 79. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/9350bab5-a627-5acc-a53e-615df8fefacb License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”