Civil service reform in developing countries

Civil service reform in developing countries

Civil service reform is a deliberate action to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, professionalism, representativity and democratic character of a civil service, with a view to promoting better delivery of public goods and services, with increased accountability. Such actions can include data gathering and analysis, organizational restructuring, improving human resource management and training, enhancing pay and benefits while assuring sustainability under overall fiscal constraints, and strengthening measures for public participation, transparency, and combating corruption.

Important differences between developing countries and developed countries require that civil service and other reforms first rolled out in developed countries be carefully adapted to local conditions in developing countries.

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References

Data and Diagnostics

Structure of the Public Sector

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  • Wilson, James Q, 1989. Bureaucracy. NY: Basic Books, pp. 154-75.
  • World Bank, 2000. Architecture of the Public Sector. http://go.worldbank.org/MJA3YIX2E0

Personnel Management

Combating Corruption

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  • Ear, Sophal. 2007. "Does Aid Dependence Worsen Governance?" International Public Management Journal, 10 (3): 259–286. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10967494
  • Wescott, C. 2003. “Combating Corruption in Southeast Asia”, in Kidd J B & Richter F-J, eds. Fighting Corruption In Asia: Causes, Effects and Remedies. Singapore, World Scientific Press, http://www.worldscibooks.com/eastasianstudies/5169.html
  • Robert Williams and Robin Theobald, Eds. 1986. The Politics of Corruption (4 vol). Northampton, Mass.: Elgar Reference Collection.

Issues for Reform

Engaging support for reform


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