Building Sustainable Public Sector Capacity in a Challenging Context
In a conflict-affected and newly independent country like South Sudan, rebuilding public sector capacity is an important aspect of state building, both in the short and in the medium to long term. If capacity strengthening is not pursued or is inef...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/161481493196781863/Building-sustainable-public-sector-capacity-in-a-challenging-context http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26509 |
| Summary: | In a conflict-affected and newly
independent country like South Sudan, rebuilding public
sector capacity is an important aspect of state building,
both in the short and in the medium to long term. If
capacity strengthening is not pursued or is ineffective,
government functionality remains patchy and dependency on
technical assistants (TA) remains high. Capacity
strengthening has been considered amorphous and a difficult
topic in academic literature. This paper looks at the
experience of efforts to strengthen capacity in South Sudan
over the decade from 2005 to 2016. The context has proved
challenging for capacity-building efforts. On the one hand,
some improvements have been seen and some skilled civil
servants are in place. On the other hand, wider progress has
been difficult and punctuated by crises and setbacks.
Renewed conflicts from December 2013 to August 2015, and
again since July 2016, have disrupted progress and planning
for development support. The report’s recommendations are
based on the assumption that minimum stability will
eventually return for capacity strengthening to restart; but
it cannot be predicted when this will be the case. |
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