Governance and Civil Service Reform : A Regional Program

This article reports on the implementation of a long-term capacity building approach to civil service reform. It starts with a review of past World Bank support to civil service reform and confirms that the cost containment approach achieved neithe...

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Main Authors:	Dia, Mamadou, Pinto, Rogerio, Mrope, Angelous
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACTION PLANNING BUILDING CONSENSUS CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM CIVIL SERVICES COLLABORATION CONSULTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT FIGURES GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE ISSUES INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS LOCAL CAPACITY POLITICAL LEADERS PREPARATION PROJECT DESIGN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM COMPONENTS REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE MOBILIZATION SAVINGS SECTOR WORK SOCIAL DIMENSIONS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TAX EVASION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPARENCY CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/08/1614977/governance-civil-service-reform-regional-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10013

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spelling	okr-10986-100132021-04-23T14:02:48Z Governance and Civil Service Reform : A Regional Program Dia, Mamadou Pinto, Rogerio Mrope, Angelous ACCOUNTABILITY ACTION PLANNING BUILDING CONSENSUS CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM CIVIL SERVICES COLLABORATION CONSULTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT FIGURES GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE ISSUES INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS LOCAL CAPACITY POLITICAL LEADERS PREPARATION PROJECT DESIGN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM COMPONENTS REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE MOBILIZATION SAVINGS SECTOR WORK SOCIAL DIMENSIONS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TAX EVASION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPARENCY CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE This article reports on the implementation of a long-term capacity building approach to civil service reform. It starts with a review of past World Bank support to civil service reform and confirms that the cost containment approach achieved neither fiscal stabilization nor efficiency objectives despite heavy political and social costs. The rather disappointing results are traced to the patrimonial character of the state whose features in the civil service context are: recruitment based on subjective and ascriptive criteria; public employment managed as a welfare system; pay levels that are unrelated to productivity; loyalty of officials to the person of the ruler rather than to the state; and formalism of administrative rules and procedures rather than the substance. The paper argues that the direction of improvement lies in improved governance; a broader approach to civil service reform. Improving governance would begin with an assessment of the institutional environment which determines the patrimonial profile of the country: high when all of these factors are absent, low when they are present. This would be followed by the adoption of a strategy for reform that could be a comprehensive approach, an enclave approach or a hybrid approach, depending on whether the country's patrimonial profile is high, low or average, respectively. 2012-08-13T10:08:09Z 2012-08-13T10:08:09Z 1994-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/08/1614977/governance-civil-service-reform-regional-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10013 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 23 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic	ACCOUNTABILITY ACTION PLANNING BUILDING CONSENSUS CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM CIVIL SERVICES COLLABORATION CONSULTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT FIGURES GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE ISSUES INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS LOCAL CAPACITY POLITICAL LEADERS PREPARATION PROJECT DESIGN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM COMPONENTS REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE MOBILIZATION SAVINGS SECTOR WORK SOCIAL DIMENSIONS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TAX EVASION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPARENCY CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTABILITY ACTION PLANNING BUILDING CONSENSUS CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM CIVIL SERVICES COLLABORATION CONSULTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT FIGURES GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE ISSUES INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS LOCAL CAPACITY POLITICAL LEADERS PREPARATION PROJECT DESIGN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM COMPONENTS REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE MOBILIZATION SAVINGS SECTOR WORK SOCIAL DIMENSIONS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TAX EVASION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPARENCY CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE Dia, Mamadou Pinto, Rogerio Mrope, Angelous Governance and Civil Service Reform : A Regional Program
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description	This article reports on the implementation of a long-term capacity building approach to civil service reform. It starts with a review of past World Bank support to civil service reform and confirms that the cost containment approach achieved neither fiscal stabilization nor efficiency objectives despite heavy political and social costs. The rather disappointing results are traced to the patrimonial character of the state whose features in the civil service context are: recruitment based on subjective and ascriptive criteria; public employment managed as a welfare system; pay levels that are unrelated to productivity; loyalty of officials to the person of the ruler rather than to the state; and formalism of administrative rules and procedures rather than the substance. The paper argues that the direction of improvement lies in improved governance; a broader approach to civil service reform. Improving governance would begin with an assessment of the institutional environment which determines the patrimonial profile of the country: high when all of these factors are absent, low when they are present. This would be followed by the adoption of a strategy for reform that could be a comprehensive approach, an enclave approach or a hybrid approach, depending on whether the country's patrimonial profile is high, low or average, respectively.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Dia, Mamadou Pinto, Rogerio Mrope, Angelous
author_facet	Dia, Mamadou Pinto, Rogerio Mrope, Angelous
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title	Governance and Civil Service Reform : A Regional Program
title_short	Governance and Civil Service Reform : A Regional Program
title_full	Governance and Civil Service Reform : A Regional Program
title_fullStr	Governance and Civil Service Reform : A Regional Program
title_full_unstemmed	Governance and Civil Service Reform : A Regional Program
title_sort	governance and civil service reform : a regional program
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/08/1614977/governance-civil-service-reform-regional-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10013
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Governance and Civil Service Reform : A Regional Program

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