The Gambia - Improving Civil Service Performance : Public Service Pensions Policy Reform Note

The Gambia - Improving Civil Service Performance : Public Service Pensions Policy Reform Note

There is a general consensus that The Gambia's civil service has a number of key capacity weaknesses. Pay is too low to hire, motivate and retain key technical and professional staffs. Staffs are not managed to achieve results, neither rewarde...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Public Sector Study
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ACCRUAL RATE ACCRUAL RATES ACTIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURE ARREARS AVERAGE BENEFIT AVERAGE BENEFITS AVERAGE WAGE GROWTH BENCHMARK BENEFICIARIES BENEFIT ADJUSTMENTS BENEFIT FORMULA BENEFIT INDEXATION BENEFIT LEVEL BENEFIT LEVELS BENEFIT PAYMENTS BORROWING REQUIREMENTS CAPITAL GAINS CASH BALANCES CIVIL SERVICE PENSION COMPENSATION CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CONTRIBUTION RATE CONTRIBUTION RATES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COST REDUCTIONS CREDIBILITY CREDIT RISKS CURRENCY CUSTODY DEBT BURDEN DEBT FINANCING DEBT INSTRUMENTS DEFICITS DEFINED BENEFIT DEFINED BENEFIT SCHEME DEFINED-BENEFIT SCHEME DEMOGRAPHIC DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPMENT BANK DISABILITY DISBURSEMENT DISBURSEMENTS DISCOUNT RATE DISCOUNT RATES DOMESTIC DEBT ELDERLY EMPLOYEE EQUILIBRIUM FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCES FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FISCAL BURDEN FUND INVESTMENTS FUND MANAGEMENT GDP GENDER GENDERS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT DEBT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATES HOLDING HOME HOUSING FINANCE IMPLICIT PENSION DEBT IMPLICIT PENSION DEBTS INCOME LEVELS INCOME SECURITY INCOME STREAMS INCOME TAXES INCOMES INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS INFLATION INFLATION INDEXATION INFLATION RATE INFLATION RISK INFORMAL SECTOR INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE RISKS INVESTMENT POLICY INVESTMENT RISKS INVESTMENT STRATEGY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAWS LEGAL ENTITY LEGAL PROVISION LEGISLATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY RISKS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LONG-TERM COST LONG-TERM COSTS MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MANDATORY RETIREMENT MONETARY FUND MORTALITY MULTI-PILLAR SYSTEM NATIONAL PENSION NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE OCCUPATIONAL SCHEMES OLD-AGE INCOME OUTPUT OUTPUTS OUTSOURCING PARTIAL INDEXATION PARTIAL PRICE INDEXATION PENSION PENSION ASSETS PENSION BENEFIT PENSION BENEFITS PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS PENSION COSTS PENSION DEBT PENSION DEBTS PENSION EXPENDITURE PENSION EXPENDITURES PENSION FUND PENSION LIABILITIES PENSION PAYMENTS PENSION PROVISION PENSION PROVISIONS PENSION REFORM PENSION REFORMS PENSION RIGHTS PENSION SCHEME PENSION SCHEMES PENSION SPENDING PENSION SYSTEM PENSION SYSTEMS PENSION WEALTH PENSIONERS PENSIONS PERSONAL INCOME PRICE INCREASES PRICE INDEXATION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENT MANAGER PROVIDENT FUND PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC PENSION PUBLIC SECTOR BORROWING PUBLIC SYSTEMS PURCHASING POWER RATE OF RETURN RATES OF RETURN RATES OF RETURNS REAL GDP REFORM PROGRAM REGULAR PAYMENTS REPLACEMENT RATE REPLACEMENT RATES RESERVE RESERVES RETIREE RETIREES RETIREMENT RETIREMENT AGES RETIREMENT BEHAVIOR RETIREMENT BENEFIT RETIREMENT BENEFITS RETIREMENT PENSIONS RETIREMENT PERIOD RETURNS SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNT SETTLEMENT SEX SMOOTHING CONSUMPTION SOCIAL PENSION SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSFER RISKS TRANSPARENCY TREASURY TREASURY SECURITIES VOLATILITY WAGE GROWTH WAGE TAXES WAGES WIDOWS WILL
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Summary:	There is a general consensus that The Gambia's civil service has a number of key capacity weaknesses. Pay is too low to hire, motivate and retain key technical and professional staffs. Staffs are not managed to achieve results, neither rewarded for good performance nor sanctioned for poor performance or breaking the rules. Frequent removals and transfers of Government officials have undermined job security and institutional knowledge. The main objective of this report is to outline the results of the analysis of civil service capacity constraints. Based on the analysis, the report presents options to consider for the proposed civil service reform program which the Government plans on preparing. The Personnel Management Office (PMO) drafted a reform strategy in August 2007, the 'public sector reform sector strategy paper 2007-2011,' which can be further developed by incorporating the findings of report. The expected goal of this strategy is to build the capacity of the civil service to formulate policies and allocate resources to implement those policies so as to ensure effective delivery of public services. This report is organized as follows: chapter one identifies the overall capacity constraints in the civil service; chapter two analyzes civil service pay and benefits; chapter three assesses human resource management; chapter four focuses on the education and health sectors; and chapter five summarizes the major findings and proposes reform options and the next steps.

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