Building State Capacity in Africa : New Approaches, Emerging Lessons

In recent years, a number of African governments, sometimes working in partnership with the Bank, and other development partners, have moved forward with new-style programs to build public sector capacity. This book aims to share some of the lesson...

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Main Authors: Levy, Brian, Kpundeh, Sahr
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Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5264212/building-state-capacity-africa-new-approaches-emerging-lessons
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spelling okr-10986-148782021-04-23T14:03:12Z Building State Capacity in Africa : New Approaches, Emerging Lessons Levy, Brian Kpundeh, Sahr Levy, Brian Kpundeh, Sahr Governance Public service reform Capacity building Poverty Public accountability Anticorruption Decentralization SOCIAL SCIENCES :: Social sciences :: Education Political commitment In recent years, a number of African governments, sometimes working in partnership with the Bank, and other development partners, have moved forward with new-style programs to build public sector capacity. This book aims to share some of the lessons for the design, and implementation of public sector capacity building, emerging from this new generation of operational practice. Their experiences are reviewed, and some major challenges for the African public sector are identified for how can African states: be innovative in the reform process, harness the energies of the local elites, learn from past reformers, and, harness political will as a partner in the reform process. It addresses topics such as the relationship between governance and economic development, public expenditure and accountability, anticorruption reform, decentralization, political structures, and, the delivery of public services. 2013-08-07T20:24:34Z 2013-08-07T20:24:34Z 2004-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5264212/building-state-capacity-africa-new-approaches-emerging-lessons 0-8213-6000-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14878 English en_US WBI Development Studies; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa Africa
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Public service reform
Capacity building
Poverty
Public accountability
Anticorruption
Decentralization
SOCIAL SCIENCES :: Social sciences :: Education
Political commitment
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Public service reform
Capacity building
Poverty
Public accountability
Anticorruption
Decentralization
SOCIAL SCIENCES :: Social sciences :: Education
Political commitment
Levy, Brian
Kpundeh, Sahr
Building State Capacity in Africa : New Approaches, Emerging Lessons
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description In recent years, a number of African governments, sometimes working in partnership with the Bank, and other development partners, have moved forward with new-style programs to build public sector capacity. This book aims to share some of the lessons for the design, and implementation of public sector capacity building, emerging from this new generation of operational practice. Their experiences are reviewed, and some major challenges for the African public sector are identified for how can African states: be innovative in the reform process, harness the energies of the local elites, learn from past reformers, and, harness political will as a partner in the reform process. It addresses topics such as the relationship between governance and economic development, public expenditure and accountability, anticorruption reform, decentralization, political structures, and, the delivery of public services.
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Kpundeh, Sahr
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Kpundeh, Sahr
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title Building State Capacity in Africa : New Approaches, Emerging Lessons
title_short Building State Capacity in Africa : New Approaches, Emerging Lessons
title_full Building State Capacity in Africa : New Approaches, Emerging Lessons
title_fullStr Building State Capacity in Africa : New Approaches, Emerging Lessons
title_full_unstemmed Building State Capacity in Africa : New Approaches, Emerging Lessons
title_sort building state capacity in africa : new approaches, emerging lessons
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
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