World Bank2014-08-192014-08-192011-02-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19458The 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 HEALTH SERVICESADOLESCENT FERTILITYAGEDALLOCATIONANTENATAL CAREANTENATAL VISITSBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC SOCIAL SERVICESBENEFICIARIESBRAIN DRAINBUDGET ALLOCATIONSBUDGET ENVELOPEBUDGET PROPOSALSCAPACITY BUILDINGCHILD HEALTHCHILD HEALTH SERVICESCHILD MORTALITYCHILD WELFARECHRONIC MALNUTRITIONCITIZENSCLINICSCOMMUNICABLE DISEASESCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTDONOR ASSISTANCEDONOR FINANCINGDROPOUTEARLY CHILDHOODECONOMIC CONDITIONSEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATIONAL INDICATORSEDUCATIONAL SERVICESELDERLYEMPLOYMENT CREATIONEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESENFORCEMENT MECHANISMSENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHESSENTIAL DRUGSESSENTIAL SUPPLIESFAMILIESFAMILY PLANNINGFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFISCAL CRISISFISCAL STABILITYFOOD DEFICITFOOD SECURITYGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER EQUITYHEALTH CARE PROVIDERSHEALTH CARE SERVICESHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH EDUCATIONHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH INDICATORSHEALTH INFRASTRUCTUREHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH PROMOTIONHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH WORKERSHIVHOSPITALHOSPITALSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTIMMUNIZATIONIMMUNODEFICIENCYINCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIESINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFORMATION SYSTEMSINTERVENTIONINVESTMENTS IN EDUCATIONJOB TRAININGLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLITERACY RATESLIVE BIRTHSLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL GOVERNMENTSMACROECONOMIC INDICATORSMACROECONOMIC STABILIZATIONMALARIAMALNOURISHED CHILDRENMATERNAL CAREMATERNAL MORTALITYMEASLESMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL EQUIPMENTMEDICAL SUPPLIESMEDICAL TREATMENTMEDICINESMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMINISTRY OF FINANCEMINISTRY OF HEALTHMINORITYMORBIDITYMORTALITYMORTALITY RATEMOTHERNATIONAL STATISTICSNUMBER OF DEATHSNURSESNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL STATUSORPHANSPATIENTPATIENTSPHYSICIANSPOLICY MAKERSPOLITICAL CLIMATEPOOR FAMILIESPOPULATION GROWTHPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY REDUCTIONPREVENTION STRATEGIESPREVENTIVE HEALTH CAREPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOLSPROGRESSPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONPUBLIC EDUCATIONPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC FINANCEPUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HOSPITALSPUBLIC RESOURCESPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SECTOR SPECIALISTPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC SUPPORTPUBLIC WORKSPUPIL-TO-TEACHER RATIOQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY OF CAREQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY SERVICESRADIOREDUCTION OF MORBIDITYREFORM AGENDAREMITTANCESREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRESPECTRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL POPULATIONSAFE WATERSAFETY NETSAFETY NETSSANITATIONSANITATION FACILITIESSCARCE RESOURCESSCHOOL FEESSCHOOL-AGE POPULATIONSCREENINGSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLSSECTOR BUDGETSECTOR MINISTRIESSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVISIONSICK LEAVESKILLED PERSONNELSOCIAL COHESIONSOCIAL CONDITIONSSOCIAL EXPENDITURESSOCIAL INDICATORSSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL PROTECTION EXPENDITURESSOCIAL PROTECTION SECTORSOCIAL SECTORSOCIAL SECTORSSOCIAL SERVICESOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL TRANSFERSOCIAL WELFARESTATE UNIVERSITYTAX COLLECTIONSTEACHER SALARIESTEACHING MATERIALSTECHNICAL EDUCATIONTERTIARY EDUCATIONTERTIARY LEVELTERTIARY LEVELSTRANSFER PAYMENTSTRANSPORTATIONTUBERCULOSISUNFPAUNIONSUNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUNDUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONURBAN AREASURBAN COMMUNITYURBAN POPULATIONUSER FEESVOCATIONAL TRAININGVULNERABILITYVULNERABLE GROUPSWOMANWORKERSWORKING CONDITIONSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG CHILDRENYOUTH DEVELOPMENT10.1596/19458