The Quality of Governance : 'Second-Generation' Civil Service Reform in Africa.
This paper argues that the development of human capital in the public sector should be an important ingredient in any proposed set of 'second-generation' reforms for Africa. In the post-colonial era the quality of governance has seriously declined, and the stock of human capital in the pub...
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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1998.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 1998/164 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
| Summary: | This paper argues that the development of human capital in the public sector should be an important ingredient in any proposed set of 'second-generation' reforms for Africa. In the post-colonial era the quality of governance has seriously declined, and the stock of human capital in the public sector has been eroded by a flight of human capital from many countries in response to compression of wages. The paper develops a simple theoretical framework to discuss these issues and the continent's experience with foreign technical assistance in supplementing the low level of domestic human capital. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (40 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
| Access: | Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students |