State Secretaries Reform in Ukraine : Attempt to Delineate Responsibilities between Ministers and Senior Civil Servants
The relationship between politicians and senior officials has been on the reform agenda in many countries, often on the premise that balance between technical, nonpartisan appointments and ensuring the responsiveness of public servants to the polic...
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okr-10986-246182021-04-23T14:04:23Z State Secretaries Reform in Ukraine : Attempt to Delineate Responsibilities between Ministers and Senior Civil Servants Balabushko, Oleksii LIMITED PUBLIC SERVANTS EMPLOYMENT MANAGERS CIVIL SERVANT INITIATIVES POLITICAL APPOINTEES CONSTITUENTS ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING POLICIES LIQUIDATION DISCRETION CABINETS POLITICS ABUSE CIVIL SERVANTS INCOME LAWS POLICY MAKERS BANK GOVERNMENT POLITICAL CONTROL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PRIME MINISTER POLITICIANS POLITICAL ECONOMY MINISTER ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE DUE PROCESS SERVANTS PARLIAMENT LEGAL ACTS POLICY SECRETARIES MINISTERS DEMOCRACIES APPOINTEES MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE RESIGNATION PUBLIC POLICY STATE PRIVATE GAIN THEORY DISMISSAL ORGANIZATION PATRONAGE UNION REFORM PROCESS POLICY MAKING POLITICAL POLICIES CIVIL SOCIETY CANDIDATES INDIVIDUALS INITIATIVE LAW UNIVERSITY SOCIETY CIVIL SERVICE REFORM LEADERSHIP TRUST ORGANIZATIONS CABINET INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATION COALITION GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES LABOR PUBLIC SERVICE GOVERNMENTS POLITICAL INTERESTS SERVICE DELIVERY POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT CIVIL SERVICE SERVICE FINANCE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM EFFICIENCY DIRECTORS PUBLIC GOODS The relationship between politicians and senior officials has been on the reform agenda in many countries, often on the premise that balance between technical, nonpartisan appointments and ensuring the responsiveness of public servants to the policies of the current government could be improved (Matheson et al. 2007). This paper examines an attempt to de-politicize senior civil service in Ukraine through the introduction of state secretaries, to understand whether the diagnosis of imbalance in this political/administrative interface was correct, and why the reform failed. The paper draws on a survey of government officials and experts as well as legal acts, available documents, articles, and personal interviews. The paper concludes that politicized civil service was a problem of form rather than function—the immediate problem was the undefined political role of the executive. It led to compression of the roles of policy makers and senior civil servants, making the reform ultimately irrelevant. 2016-07-06T22:54:20Z 2016-07-06T22:54:20Z 2016-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26497061/state-secretaries-reform-ukraine-attempt-delineate-responsibilities-between-ministers-senior-civil-servants http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24618 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7702 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Ukraine |
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LIMITED PUBLIC SERVANTS EMPLOYMENT MANAGERS CIVIL SERVANT INITIATIVES POLITICAL APPOINTEES CONSTITUENTS ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING POLICIES LIQUIDATION DISCRETION CABINETS POLITICS ABUSE CIVIL SERVANTS INCOME LAWS POLICY MAKERS BANK GOVERNMENT POLITICAL CONTROL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PRIME MINISTER POLITICIANS POLITICAL ECONOMY MINISTER ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE DUE PROCESS SERVANTS PARLIAMENT LEGAL ACTS POLICY SECRETARIES MINISTERS DEMOCRACIES APPOINTEES MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE RESIGNATION PUBLIC POLICY STATE PRIVATE GAIN THEORY DISMISSAL ORGANIZATION PATRONAGE UNION REFORM PROCESS POLICY MAKING POLITICAL POLICIES CIVIL SOCIETY CANDIDATES INDIVIDUALS INITIATIVE LAW UNIVERSITY SOCIETY CIVIL SERVICE REFORM LEADERSHIP TRUST ORGANIZATIONS CABINET INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATION COALITION GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES LABOR PUBLIC SERVICE GOVERNMENTS POLITICAL INTERESTS SERVICE DELIVERY POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT CIVIL SERVICE SERVICE FINANCE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM EFFICIENCY DIRECTORS PUBLIC GOODS |
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LIMITED PUBLIC SERVANTS EMPLOYMENT MANAGERS CIVIL SERVANT INITIATIVES POLITICAL APPOINTEES CONSTITUENTS ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING POLICIES LIQUIDATION DISCRETION CABINETS POLITICS ABUSE CIVIL SERVANTS INCOME LAWS POLICY MAKERS BANK GOVERNMENT POLITICAL CONTROL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PRIME MINISTER POLITICIANS POLITICAL ECONOMY MINISTER ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE DUE PROCESS SERVANTS PARLIAMENT LEGAL ACTS POLICY SECRETARIES MINISTERS DEMOCRACIES APPOINTEES MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE RESIGNATION PUBLIC POLICY STATE PRIVATE GAIN THEORY DISMISSAL ORGANIZATION PATRONAGE UNION REFORM PROCESS POLICY MAKING POLITICAL POLICIES CIVIL SOCIETY CANDIDATES INDIVIDUALS INITIATIVE LAW UNIVERSITY SOCIETY CIVIL SERVICE REFORM LEADERSHIP TRUST ORGANIZATIONS CABINET INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATION COALITION GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES LABOR PUBLIC SERVICE GOVERNMENTS POLITICAL INTERESTS SERVICE DELIVERY POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT CIVIL SERVICE SERVICE FINANCE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM EFFICIENCY DIRECTORS PUBLIC GOODS Balabushko, Oleksii State Secretaries Reform in Ukraine : Attempt to Delineate Responsibilities between Ministers and Senior Civil Servants |
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The relationship between politicians and
senior officials has been on the reform agenda in many
countries, often on the premise that balance between
technical, nonpartisan appointments and ensuring the
responsiveness of public servants to the policies of the
current government could be improved (Matheson et al. 2007).
This paper examines an attempt to de-politicize senior civil
service in Ukraine through the introduction of state
secretaries, to understand whether the diagnosis of
imbalance in this political/administrative interface was
correct, and why the reform failed. The paper draws on a
survey of government officials and experts as well as legal
acts, available documents, articles, and personal
interviews. The paper concludes that politicized civil
service was a problem of form rather than function—the
immediate problem was the undefined political role of the
executive. It led to compression of the roles of policy
makers and senior civil servants, making the reform
ultimately irrelevant. |
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Balabushko, Oleksii |
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Balabushko, Oleksii |
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Balabushko, Oleksii |
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State Secretaries Reform in Ukraine : Attempt to Delineate Responsibilities between Ministers and Senior Civil Servants |
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State Secretaries Reform in Ukraine : Attempt to Delineate Responsibilities between Ministers and Senior Civil Servants |
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State Secretaries Reform in Ukraine : Attempt to Delineate Responsibilities between Ministers and Senior Civil Servants |
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State Secretaries Reform in Ukraine : Attempt to Delineate Responsibilities between Ministers and Senior Civil Servants |
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State Secretaries Reform in Ukraine : Attempt to Delineate Responsibilities between Ministers and Senior Civil Servants |
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state secretaries reform in ukraine : attempt to delineate responsibilities between ministers and senior civil servants |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26497061/state-secretaries-reform-ukraine-attempt-delineate-responsibilities-between-ministers-senior-civil-servants http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24618 |
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