Making Government an Effective Partner : Civil Service Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa
The paper previewed in this article focuses 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 a...
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okr-10986-100292021-04-23T14:02:48Z Making Government an Effective Partner : Civil Service Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa Dia, Mamadou CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE CREDIBILITY RULE OF LAW INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT PAYMENTS SYSTEMS INCENTIVES PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS PARTICIPATION OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BUREAUCRACY COST CONTROL PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT CAPACITY BUILDING ACCOUNTABILITY AUTHORITY BEHAVIORAL CHANGES BUDGET MANAGEMENT BUREAUCRACY CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS DECISION-MAKING DEMOCRATIZATION DIRECT IMPACT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION SYSTEMS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY LAWS LOBBYING LOCAL COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS NATIONALS POOR PERFORMANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REFORM PACKAGE REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS REGULATORY BURDEN RESOURCE MOBILIZATION RULE OF LAW SECTOR WORK SERVICE DELIVERY STATE SECTOR STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPARENCY The paper previewed in this article focuses 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. 2012-08-13T10:12:38Z 2012-08-13T10:12:38Z 1993-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1993/10/1570734/making-government-effective-partner-civil-service-reform-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10029 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 4 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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CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE CREDIBILITY RULE OF LAW INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT PAYMENTS SYSTEMS INCENTIVES PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS PARTICIPATION OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BUREAUCRACY COST CONTROL PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT CAPACITY BUILDING ACCOUNTABILITY AUTHORITY BEHAVIORAL CHANGES BUDGET MANAGEMENT BUREAUCRACY CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS DECISION-MAKING DEMOCRATIZATION DIRECT IMPACT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION SYSTEMS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY LAWS LOBBYING LOCAL COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS NATIONALS POOR PERFORMANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REFORM PACKAGE REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS REGULATORY BURDEN RESOURCE MOBILIZATION RULE OF LAW SECTOR WORK SERVICE DELIVERY STATE SECTOR STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPARENCY Dia, Mamadou Making Government an Effective Partner : Civil Service Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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The paper previewed in this article
focuses 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. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Dia, Mamadou |
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Dia, Mamadou |
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Dia, Mamadou |
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Making Government an Effective Partner : Civil Service Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Making Government an Effective Partner : Civil Service Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Making Government an Effective Partner : Civil Service Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Making Government an Effective Partner : Civil Service Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Making Government an Effective Partner : Civil Service Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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making government an effective partner : civil service reform in sub-saharan africa |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1993/10/1570734/making-government-effective-partner-civil-service-reform-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10029 |
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