World Bank2014-06-052014-06-052010-08-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18532The Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) faces difficult choices in managing the size of its civil service wage bill. The Government understands the need to watch the escalating wage bill carefully and put in place a strategy to steer it to a sustainable level as early as possible. Historical and international comparisons suggest that an overall wage bill of around 10 percent of GDP should be the medium-term target. This note illustrates that Zimbabwe could take immediate steps in 2010 and 2011 that will put it on the path of a sustainable level of wage bill in the medium-term. The focus of efforts to contain the wage bill should be on short-term measures because designing and implementing a medium-term approach to wage bill management would be too challenging in view of prevailing economic uncertainty and complex political reality. The note covers the staff employed by the Central Government, including uniformed services and staff employed by the Grant-in-Aided (GIA) institutions. The staff employed by local governments and public enterprises are excluded because direct transfers from the central budget to local government and public enterprises are rather small. (annex A has an outline of the institutional aspects of civil service in Zimbabwe). Given the paucity of information, the note does not make any recommendations specific to the GIA wage bill.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCIDENTSACCOUNT RECEIVABLESACCOUNTINGACTION PLANARBITRATIONARREARSAVAILABILITYBACKBONEBALANCEBEST PRACTICESBONDSBOTTLENECKSBUDGET SURPLUSBUDGETINGBUSINESSESCAPITAL MARKETSCARBON TAXCASH FLOWCELL PHONECELLULAR NETWORKCELLULAR PHONECENTRAL BANKCOALCOAL COMPANYCOAL PRICECOMMERCIAL ACTIVITIESCOMMODITIESCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCOMPETITIVE PRICESCONGESTIONCONGESTION MANAGEMENTCONTRACT RENEGOTIATIONCREDITORCREDITORSCURRENCYCUSTOMER BASEDEBTDEBTORDEBTORSDECENTRALIZATIONDEFICITSDEMAND MANAGEMENTDEREGULATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRYDIESELDISCRIMINATORY ACCESSDISTRIBUTION FACILITIESDISTRIBUTION LOSSESDISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITYDISTRIBUTION SYSTEMDOMESTIC BANKSDOMESTIC COALDOMESTIC CURRENCYDOMESTIC MARKETECONOMIC CLIMATEECONOMIC RECOVERYELASTICITYELASTICITY OF DEMANDELECTRICITYELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY SYSTEMELECTRICITY TARIFFSEMERGING MARKETSENABLING ENVIRONMENTEND-USERSENERGY PRODUCTSEQUIPMENTEXPENDITURESEXTERNAL DEBTEXTERNALITIESFAIR PRICESFINANCESFINANCIAL INFORMATIONFINANCIAL PERFORMANCEFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL STATEMENTSFLOATING DEBTFOREIGN DEBTFOREIGN EXCHANGEFREIGHTFUELFUEL PRICEFUEL PRICESFUELSGASOLINEGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATION OF ELECTRICITYGOVERNMENT GRANTSHEAVY TRUCKSHEAVY VEHICLEHIGHWAYHOLDINGSHYDRO PLANTICTIMPORT COSTINFLATIONINFORMATION COMMUNICATIONINFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYINSTRUMENTINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINTERNATIONAL TRANSITINVESTINGINVESTMENT CLIMATEISSUANCEISSUANCE OF BONDSLEGAL FRAMEWORKLEGAL PROVISIONSLEVEL OF DEBTSLEVEL OF SAFETYLEVEL PLAYING FIELDLEVIESLEVYLICENSELICENSESLIMITED ACCESSLIQUIDITYLIQUIDITY PROBLEMLOANLOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENTSMACROECONOMIC CONDITIONSMACROECONOMIC CRISISMARKET PARTICIPANTSMARKET PRICESMARKET SHAREMARKET STRUCTURESMINISTRY OF TRANSPORTMOBILE PHONEMOBILE TELEPHONYMOTOR TRANSPORTATIONNATIONAL TRANSPORTNETWORKSOILOIL COMPANYOPERATING EXPENSESOPPORTUNITY COSTOPPORTUNITY COSTSPASSENGERSPETROLEUMPETROLEUM PRODUCTSPETROLEUM SECTORPHYSICAL ASSETSPIPELINEPOLLUTIONPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIESPOWERPOWER COMPANYPOWER GENERATIONPOWER PLANTPREPAYMENTPRICE OF FUELSPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRIVATE PARTIESPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPROCUREMENTPROTOCOLSPROVISIONSPSPPUBLICPUBLIC DEBTPUBLIC ENTERPRISESPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC FINANCEPUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENTPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATIONPUBLIC TRANSPORTQUALITY OF SERVICERADIORADIO SPECTRUMRAILRAIL INFRASTRUCTURERAIL SERVICERAILWAYRAILWAY SYSTEMRAILWAYSRATES OF RETURNRAW WATERREGULATORY AUTHORITIESREGULATORY AUTHORITYREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY STANDARDSREMITTANCESREPAYMENTRESERVERESERVE BANKRESERVESRESULTRETURNROADROAD CHARGESROAD INFRASTRUCTUREROAD MAINTENANCEROAD NETWORKROAD SECTORROAD TOLLSROAD TRANSPORTROAD USERROAD USER CHARGEROAD USER CHARGESROADSROUTESRURAL ELECTRICRURAL ELECTRIFICATIONSAFETYSANITATIONSAVINGSSERVICE TO CUSTOMERSSTOCK EXCHANGESTOCKSSULPHUR CONTENTSUPPLY OF ELECTRICITYTARIFF LEVELSTARIFF STRUCTURETELECOMTELECOMMUNICATIONTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELEPHONETELEPHONE LINESTHERMAL PLANTTHERMAL PLANTSTOLLTRANSITTRANSMISSIONTRANSPORT CAPACITYTRANSPORT OF GOODSTRANSPORT POLICYTRANSPORTATIONTRIPTRUCKSTRUST FUNDTURNOVERUNIVERSAL SERVICEURBAN ROADSUSERSUTILITIESVEHICLEVEHICLE REGISTRATIONVEHICLESVIDEOWHOLESALE PRICEWITHDRAWALWORKING CAPITAL10.1596/18532