Recent Bank Support for Civil Service Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Countries

Recent Bank Support for Civil Service Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Countries

Civil service reconstruction is important in post-conflict countries because conflict erodes institutions and civil service capacity. And because successful reconstruction-in all sectors -requires domestic capacity to implement projects, a weak civ...

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Main Author: Mukherjee, Ranjana
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTABILITY
ADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATION
CENTRAL BUDGETS
CIVIL SERVANTS
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL SERVICE CAPACITY
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
CIVIL SERVICE WAGES
CIVIL SOCIETY
CORRUPTION
DEBT
DEBT RELIEF
DECENTRALIZATION
DECONCENTRATION
DEVOLUTION
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
LOCAL CAPACITY
MANAGEMENT TRAINING
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
POLITICIANS
PRIVATE ENTERPRISES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
SERVICE CAPACITY
SERVICE DELIVERY
SOCIAL CAPITAL
TRANSPARENCY
WAGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/5175255/recent-bank-support-civil-service-reconstruction-post-conflict-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11290
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spelling okr-10986-112902021-04-23T14:02:54Z Recent Bank Support for Civil Service Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Countries Mukherjee, Ranjana ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATION CENTRAL BUDGETS CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE CAPACITY CIVIL SERVICE REFORM CIVIL SERVICE WAGES CIVIL SOCIETY CORRUPTION DEBT DEBT RELIEF DECENTRALIZATION DECONCENTRATION DEVOLUTION ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT EMPLOYMENT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LOCAL CAPACITY MANAGEMENT TRAINING PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION POLITICIANS PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SERVICE CAPACITY SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL CAPITAL TRANSPARENCY WAGES Civil service reconstruction is important in post-conflict countries because conflict erodes institutions and civil service capacity. And because successful reconstruction-in all sectors -requires domestic capacity to implement projects, a weak civil service undermines overall reconstruction efforts. Moreover, donor assistance is crucial to a country's rebuilding, and coordinating such assistance requires a certain amount of civil service capacity. In addition, the Bank has found that country ownership is essential for successful projects. But country ownership can be jeopardized if international agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) dominate reconstruction efforts, overwhelming states already weakened by conflict. Civil service reconstruction offers an opportunity to start anew, with little of the resistance to civil service reform often encountered from politicians and civil servants. It allows good practices to be instilled from the outset-without having to undo bad ones. 2012-08-13T14:40:07Z 2012-08-13T14:40:07Z 2003-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/5175255/recent-bank-support-civil-service-reconstruction-post-conflict-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11290 English PREM Notes; No. 79 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
ADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATION
CENTRAL BUDGETS
CIVIL SERVANTS
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL SERVICE CAPACITY
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
CIVIL SERVICE WAGES
CIVIL SOCIETY
CORRUPTION
DEBT
DEBT RELIEF
DECENTRALIZATION
DECONCENTRATION
DEVOLUTION
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
LOCAL CAPACITY
MANAGEMENT TRAINING
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
POLITICIANS
PRIVATE ENTERPRISES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
SERVICE CAPACITY
SERVICE DELIVERY
SOCIAL CAPITAL
TRANSPARENCY
WAGES
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
ADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATION
CENTRAL BUDGETS
CIVIL SERVANTS
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL SERVICE CAPACITY
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
CIVIL SERVICE WAGES
CIVIL SOCIETY
CORRUPTION
DEBT
DEBT RELIEF
DECENTRALIZATION
DECONCENTRATION
DEVOLUTION
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
LOCAL CAPACITY
MANAGEMENT TRAINING
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
POLITICIANS
PRIVATE ENTERPRISES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
SERVICE CAPACITY
SERVICE DELIVERY
SOCIAL CAPITAL
TRANSPARENCY
WAGES
Mukherjee, Ranjana
Recent Bank Support for Civil Service Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Countries
relation PREM Notes; No. 79
description Civil service reconstruction is important in post-conflict countries because conflict erodes institutions and civil service capacity. And because successful reconstruction-in all sectors -requires domestic capacity to implement projects, a weak civil service undermines overall reconstruction efforts. Moreover, donor assistance is crucial to a country's rebuilding, and coordinating such assistance requires a certain amount of civil service capacity. In addition, the Bank has found that country ownership is essential for successful projects. But country ownership can be jeopardized if international agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) dominate reconstruction efforts, overwhelming states already weakened by conflict. Civil service reconstruction offers an opportunity to start anew, with little of the resistance to civil service reform often encountered from politicians and civil servants. It allows good practices to be instilled from the outset-without having to undo bad ones.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Mukherjee, Ranjana
author_facet Mukherjee, Ranjana
author_sort Mukherjee, Ranjana
title Recent Bank Support for Civil Service Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Countries
title_short Recent Bank Support for Civil Service Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Countries
title_full Recent Bank Support for Civil Service Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Countries
title_fullStr Recent Bank Support for Civil Service Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Countries
title_full_unstemmed Recent Bank Support for Civil Service Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Countries
title_sort recent bank support for civil service reconstruction in post-conflict countries
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/5175255/recent-bank-support-civil-service-reconstruction-post-conflict-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11290
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