Rethinking Civil Service Reform
A gnawing critique of civil service reform efforts persists, intimating that these civil service reform operations of the World Bank have boosted neither efficiency nor effectiveness. The outlines of the problem are fairly clear: civil service pay...
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okr-10986-114572021-06-14T11:00:53Z Rethinking Civil Service Reform Nunberg, Barbara ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM BUREAUCRACIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM CIVIL SOCIETY COUNTRY CONDITIONS DECENTRALIZATION DECONCENTRATION DEVOLUTION ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT NETWORK EMPLOYMENT FISCAL FISCAL IMPACT GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP GOVERNMENT REFORM HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY REDUCTION PRESIDENCY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR REDUCTIONS IN EMPLOYMENT REFORM EFFORTS REFORM PROCESS REFORM PROGRAMS REFORMS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REVOLUTIONS SAVINGS SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS SERVICE MANAGEMENT SOCIAL OBJECTIVES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS HUMAN RESOURCES POLICIES LEGAL REFORM REGULATORY REFORM PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION GOVERNMENTAL REFORM DECENTRALIZATION WAGE ADJUSTMENTS WAGE POLICY DOWNSIZING PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT ROLE GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS A gnawing critique of civil service reform efforts persists, intimating that these civil service reform operations of the World Bank have boosted neither efficiency nor effectiveness. The outlines of the problem are fairly clear: civil service pay and employment reforms have had only limited achievements, and there have been difficulties with government ownership and oversight--especially in Africa. At the same time, an emerging agenda for government reform includes standard personnel management and pay and employment reforms, but also tries to link these activities with fundamental tasks of transforming the state. The main problem with the Bank's conventional approach to civil service reform is that it has tried to use palliative measures to solve problems that require major surgery. Technical administrative fixes have been applied to fundamental problems of political economy. And even the technical side of the focus has been narrow, ignoring crucial links with other parts of the larger system. Overcoming the limitiations of this approach will require a more comprehensive and realistic framework for reform--as well as new instruments of support. 2012-08-13T15:07:26Z 2012-08-13T15:07:26Z 1999-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/10/828312/rethinking-civil-service-reform http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11457 English PREM Notes; No. 31 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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ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM BUREAUCRACIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM CIVIL SOCIETY COUNTRY CONDITIONS DECENTRALIZATION DECONCENTRATION DEVOLUTION ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT NETWORK EMPLOYMENT FISCAL FISCAL IMPACT GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP GOVERNMENT REFORM HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY REDUCTION PRESIDENCY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR REDUCTIONS IN EMPLOYMENT REFORM EFFORTS REFORM PROCESS REFORM PROGRAMS REFORMS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REVOLUTIONS SAVINGS SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS SERVICE MANAGEMENT SOCIAL OBJECTIVES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS HUMAN RESOURCES POLICIES LEGAL REFORM REGULATORY REFORM PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION GOVERNMENTAL REFORM DECENTRALIZATION WAGE ADJUSTMENTS WAGE POLICY DOWNSIZING PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT ROLE GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS |
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ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM BUREAUCRACIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM CIVIL SOCIETY COUNTRY CONDITIONS DECENTRALIZATION DECONCENTRATION DEVOLUTION ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT NETWORK EMPLOYMENT FISCAL FISCAL IMPACT GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP GOVERNMENT REFORM HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY REDUCTION PRESIDENCY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR REDUCTIONS IN EMPLOYMENT REFORM EFFORTS REFORM PROCESS REFORM PROGRAMS REFORMS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REVOLUTIONS SAVINGS SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS SERVICE MANAGEMENT SOCIAL OBJECTIVES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS HUMAN RESOURCES POLICIES LEGAL REFORM REGULATORY REFORM PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION GOVERNMENTAL REFORM DECENTRALIZATION WAGE ADJUSTMENTS WAGE POLICY DOWNSIZING PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT ROLE GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS Nunberg, Barbara Rethinking Civil Service Reform |
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PREM Notes; No. 31 |
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A gnawing critique of civil service
reform efforts persists, intimating that these civil service
reform operations of the World Bank have boosted neither
efficiency nor effectiveness. The outlines of the problem
are fairly clear: civil service pay and employment reforms
have had only limited achievements, and there have been
difficulties with government ownership and
oversight--especially in Africa. At the same time, an
emerging agenda for government reform includes standard
personnel management and pay and employment reforms, but
also tries to link these activities with fundamental tasks
of transforming the state. The main problem with the
Bank's conventional approach to civil service reform is
that it has tried to use palliative measures to solve
problems that require major surgery. Technical
administrative fixes have been applied to fundamental
problems of political economy. And even the technical side
of the focus has been narrow, ignoring crucial links with
other parts of the larger system. Overcoming the
limitiations of this approach will require a more
comprehensive and realistic framework for reform--as well as
new instruments of support. |
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Nunberg, Barbara |
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Rethinking Civil Service Reform |
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Rethinking Civil Service Reform |
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Rethinking Civil Service Reform |
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Rethinking Civil Service Reform |
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Rethinking Civil Service Reform |
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rethinking civil service reform |
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