Publication: Afghanistan : Building an Effective State, Priorities for Public Administration Reform
Date
2008-01-23
ISSN
Published
2008-01-23
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This report looks at the implications
for public administration reform over the next 5-10 years,
and proposes a priority agenda for action by the Government
of Afghanistan (GOA) and the donor community. The report
reviews the prospects and priorities for public
administration reform in three key areas: building an
effective civil service, improving local governance and
service delivery, and making government accountable to the
people. This report has made the case that public
administration reform in Afghanistan is both very important
and very difficult: very important because it will provide
the Government o f Afghanistan with the capacity to respond
to popular demands for good governance and improved service
delivery; very difficult, because of the inherent challenges
o f institutional change, especially in the current
political and security situation in Afghanistan. Public
Administration Reform (PAR) is a long-term task -This will
require persistent effort over time, as well as innovative
approaches to improve service delivery in the short and
medium terms. Afghanistan's experience over the past
five years, as well as lessons from other fragile states,
provide some clues about how to go about public
administration reform.
Citation
“World Bank. 2008. Afghanistan : Building an Effective State, Priorities for Public Administration Reform. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/bb09858a-fc41-58c8-be52-bbcdf90617be License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”