This paper assesses a decade of experience in civil service reform in a sample of 32 sub-Saharan African countries. Many countries have made an important start

Inefficient civil service administrations are jeopardizing future development in many African countries. The reforms suggested in this paper would make these ad

There is not a single African country that did not attempt public sector reforms in the 1990s. Governments no longer see themselves as sole suppliers of social

Over the past three decades, African countries have been reforming their public sector with a view to improving efficiency, effectiveness, accountability and tr