Civil Service Reform In Francophone Africa

Author : 'Ladipo Adamolekun,Guy de Lusignan,Armand Atomate
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821339109

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Civil Service Reform in Francophone Africa by 'Ladipo Adamolekun,Guy de Lusignan,Armand Atomate Pdf

The world's financial markets are rapidly integrating into a single global marketplace, and developing countries are being drawn into this process starting from different points and moving at various speeds. Those with adequate institutions and sound policies in place may proceed smoothly along the road toward financial integration and gain the many benefits that integration can bring. Most of the developing economies lack many of the necesssary prerequisites for such a move; a few are so unprepared that integration may do them more harm than good. Developing countries may have little choice about whether to follow this path'advances in communications and new developments in finance have made the course inevitable'but they may still choose the ways in which they proceed, choosing the policies that benefit the economy and averting potential shocks. This World Bank report looks at the important challenges both sets of countries face in a new age of global capital. The book presents new and compelling evidence that, while low interest rates in industrial countries provided an initial impetus to the surge in private capital flows during 1989-93, these flows have entered a new phase, driven by increased financial integration . The report analyzes the causes and effects of integration, with a particular emphasis on how developing countries in the nascent stages of integration can learn from the experiences of the more rapidly integrating developing countries.

Author : 'Ladipo Adamolekun,Banco Mundial
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:777862216

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Civil Service Reform in Francophone Africa by 'Ladipo Adamolekun,Banco Mundial Pdf

Author : Mr.Ian Lienert,Jitendra R. Modi
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1997-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451858990

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A Decade of Civil Service Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa by Mr.Ian Lienert,Jitendra R. Modi Pdf

This paper assesses a decade of experience in civil service reform in a sample of 32 sub-Saharan African countries. Many countries have made an important start towards reducing excessive staffing levels and the nominal wage bill, but less progress has been made in decompressing salary differentials in favor of higher-grade staff. In the CFA franc zone countries, real wages fell sharply after the 1994 devaluation, but the wage bill relative to tax revenue is still high in many countries. There is a need to consolidate quantitative first-generation reforms that contribute to macroeconomic stabilization. Equally important is the need to make progress on qualitative second-generation reforms, especially remuneration and promotion policies that reward performance and measures to improve civil service management. Such policies will require strong political commitment by governments.

Author : Mamadou Dia
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821326309

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A Governance Approach to Civil Service Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa by Mamadou Dia Pdf

Inefficient civil service administrations are jeopardizing future development in many African countries. The reforms suggested in this paper would make these administrations more accountable, enforce the rule of law, and reward bureaucrats solely on their

Author : Peter de Haan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Civil service
ISBN : IND:30000055358992

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Civil Service Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa by Peter de Haan Pdf

Author : Kithinji Kiragu,Gelase R. Mutahaba
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122955870

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Public Service Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa by Kithinji Kiragu,Gelase R. Mutahaba Pdf

Author : Benon C. Basheka,Lukamba-Muhiya. Tshombe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351606530

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New Public Management in Africa by Benon C. Basheka,Lukamba-Muhiya. Tshombe Pdf

The administrative sciences have been dominated by a turn to managerial perspectives in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and in the spirit of this turn, 'New Public Management' (or NPM) promises to produce efficient, responsible and client-oriented public services. The reforms carried out in the pursuit of New Public Management are often accompanied by great optimism and rapid, enthusiastic steps toward implementation. Even in highly developed industrial countries, however, these fundamental reforms often overlook the political and cultural contexts of the implementing country. New Public Management in Africa: Emerging Issues and Lessons provides much-needed theoretical foundations for NPM reforms in the African context and reflects on the success of existing reforms in the development of several African states. The individual contributions in this timely volume provide important analyses of academic discourse, practical policy, achievements, and desiderata. The book as a whole, however, provides a valuable impetus for public administration research in and on African states, sharing findings on the results of reforms to date and adjustments required for these reforms to succeed. For public administration researchers outside of Africa, this book offers a review of New Public Management case studies that are unavailable or difficult to find elsewhere, contributing much to the exchange between African and Western administration science research, and demonstrating that African administrative research is well-prepared to help resolve global challenges.

Author : Joseph R. A. Ayee
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : 9782869782143

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Reforming the African Public Sector. Retrospect and Prospects by Joseph R. A. Ayee Pdf

Reforming the African Public Sector: Retrospect and Prospectsis an in-depth and wide-ranging review of the available literature on African public sector reforms. It illustrates several differing country experiences to buttress the main observations and conclusions. It adopts a structural/institutional approach which underpins most of the reform efforts on the continent. To contextualize reform of the public sector and understand its processes, dynamics and intricacies, the book examines the state and state capacity building in Africa, especially when there can be no state without an efficient public sector. In addition, the book addresses a number of theories such as the new institutional economics, public choice and new public management, which have in one way or another influenced most of the initiatives implemented under public sector reform in Africa. There is also a survey of the three phases of public sector reform which have emerged and the balance sheet of reform strategies, namely, decentralization, privatization, deregulation, agencification, co-production and public-private partnerships. It concludes by identifying possible alternative approaches such as developing a vigorous public sector ethos and sustained capacity building to promote and enhance the renewal and reconstruction of the African public sector within the context of the New Partnerships for Africa's Development (NEPAD), good governance and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Author : Thomas Bierschenk,Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004264960

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States at Work by Thomas Bierschenk,Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan Pdf

States at Work explores the mundane practices of state-making in Africa by focussing on the daily functioning of public services and the practices of civil servants.

Author : Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : MINN:31951D020616886

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Reforming Africa's Institutions by Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa Pdf

There is not a single African country that did not attempt public sector reforms in the 1990s. Governments no longer see themselves as sole suppliers of social services, frequently opting for partnerships with the private sector. Efficiency and choice have entered the language of the planning and implementation units of Africa's line ministries, while privatization is no longer the controversial subject it was a decade ago. There have also been moves towards more open and democratic governments. Reforming Africa's Institutions looks at the extent to which reforms undertaken in Sub-Saharan Africa in recent years have enhanced institutional capacities across the breadth of government. To what extent have reforms been internalized and defended by governments? The authors also look specifically at the impact of public sector reforms on these economies and pose the question whether 'ownership can be attained when countries continue to be heavily dependent on external support. The volume is presented in three parts. The first focuses on the issue of reform ownership; on the issues of governance, the political economy of reform ownership, and the contradictions inherent in using aid as an instrument for enhancing domestic reform ownership. Part two examines the nature of incentives in the African civil service and the reforms undertaken in recent years to raise public sector efficiency in Africa. The third part discusses issues related to institutional capabilities in Africa and how they have been affected by the reforms undertaken in the 1990s, including privatization and movement towards political pluralism.

Author : David L. Lindauer,Barbara Nunberg
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070585331

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Rehabilitating Government by David L. Lindauer,Barbara Nunberg Pdf

Annotation In many low- and middle-income countries, if civil service reforms are to succeed, governments must improve their performance in a cost-effective manner. To do so requires that they strengthen the capacity of government employees to do their jobs. This book assembles a group of essays that reflect the complexities of designing civil service pay and employment reforms. It builds on a previous set of studies that identified problems and introduces current work that offers prescriptions based on better information, deeper analysis, and more extensive experience with reform implementation. The volume is divided into two parts. Part I introduces the new studies and documents the nature and extent of prevailing difficulties. Chapters on Somalia and Tanzania offer detailed strategies for reform based on empirical findings. Part II examines lessons learned from the implementation of reforms in civil service pay and employment. It draws on evidence from the World Bank's decade-long experience in helping governments implement such reforms and on the extensive reform process in Ghana.

Author : Nadeem Ul Haque,Jahangir Aziz
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822026122697

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The Quality of Governance by Nadeem Ul Haque,Jahangir Aziz Pdf

Collier and Gunning (1997) in a survey of the empirical African growth literature concluded that there is reasonable agreement between what the growth regressions find to be important and the variables suggested by the other literature. They identify four factors that seem to explain a large part of why Africa, especially Sub-Saharan African has not grown a lack of openness in product markets, extremely low social capital, high investor risk and poor public services. Surprisingly, the lack of formal finance is found to have a minor effect at both the aggregate level and the firm level. Their main argument that Africa stagnated because its governments were weak and inefficient, and oftentimes comprised of narrow rentseeking elites who undermined markets and considered the public sector to be a vehicle for delivering patronage. This role of the public sector reduced returns to investments in Africa as well as increased the already high risk in private investments. The natural response on the part of agents was to engage in capital flight and develop their social capital into risk-reduction and risk-bearing mechanisms at the expense of social learning. For the future, they argue that openness can not only directly improve conditions, but indirectly help better the state of the other three variables-lack of social capital, high risk and poor public services.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264280724

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OECD Public Governance Reviews Skills for a High Performing Civil Service by OECD Pdf

This report looks at the capacity and capabilities of civil servants of OECD countries and suggests approaches for addressing skills gaps through recruitment, development and workforce management

Author : Mr.Gilles Montagnat-Rentier,Mr.Gilles Parent
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475572131

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Customs Administration Reform and Modernization in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa, 1995–2010 by Mr.Gilles Montagnat-Rentier,Mr.Gilles Parent Pdf

This paper outlines reforms that have been achieved in the modernization of the customs administrations of francophone sub-Saharan (African) countries since the mid-1990s. It also highlights the remaining issues in this process. Progress has been made in the automation of operations and procedures, with constant and significant efforts to strengthen revenue collection and improve trade facilitation in a number of countries. However, the pace and scope of modernization remains insufficient, particularly in developing customs control and enforcement capacities, and enhancing operational resources and management. The findings suggest that the authorities’ strong commitment to reform, organizational and management changes, adequate technical assistance and project management, and effective implementation of modern customs standards, are critical to accelerate the modernization of customs in francophone sub-Saharan Africa.

Author : Shantayanan Devarajan,David Dollar,Torgny Holmgren
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821346695

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Aid and Reform in Africa by Shantayanan Devarajan,David Dollar,Torgny Holmgren Pdf

Finally, when the country enters the second generation of reforms, such as public sector institutional reform, short-term, conditionality-based aid can once again be harmful - by reducing ownership, participation, and sustainability of the reform process."--BOOK JACKET.