Civil Service Reform : Strengthening World Bank and IMF Collaboration

This report sets out the principal aspects of civil service reform that were discussed at a workshop for the World Bank and International Monetary Fund staff on September 2, 2001. The objective of the workshop was to strengthen collaboration between the Bank and the Fund in order to achieve greater effectiveness in Bank- and Fund-supported programs in this area. The workshop concluded that strengthened collaboration between the Bank and the Fund should ensure consistency between the sometimes-conflicting goals of short-term fiscal discipline and longer-term structural reforms supported by Fund and Bank programs. After the introduction, section 2 presents an overview of the major objectives of civil service reform, highlighting some of the core macrofiscal and structural perspectives. Section 3 follows, and highlights recent Bank- and Fund-supported programs that address civil service reform. Section 4 considers the effectiveness of Bank and Fund interventions, noting the intrinsic tensions between reform objectives and the politically challenging nature of civil service reforms. Section 5 considers how the two organizations have worked, both individually and in tandem. This section also offers conclusions and proposals for improving the effectiveness of Bank-Fund interventions in civil service reform.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2002-06
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY, ADMINISTRATIVE CORRUPTION, ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SERVICE, CIVIL SERVICE REFORM, CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CONSENSUS, CORRUPTION, COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY, COUNTRY PROGRAMS, COUNTRY TEAMS, CURRENCY UNITS, DEBT, DEBT RELIEF, DEVELOPMENT BANKS, DIRECT IMPACT, ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT NETWORK, EMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, FISCAL, FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION, FISCAL IMPACT, FISCAL PRESSURES, FISCAL STABILITY, FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, GOVERNANCE COMPONENT, GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES, GOVERNMENT POLICY, GOVERNMENT REFORM, GOVERNMENT SERVICES, IMPLEMENTATION OF REFORM, INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS, INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, LABOR UNIONS, LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY, LACK OF CLARITY, LAWS, LEGISLATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MACROECONOMIC IMPACT, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, MDAS, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, PENSIONS, PERFORMANCE CRITERIA, PETTY CORRUPTION, POLICY CHOICES, POLICY FORMULATION, POLICY REFORMS, POLICY- MAKERS, POLITICAL FEASIBILITY, POLITICAL INCENTIVES, POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, POOR COUNTRIES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER, POVERTY REDUCTION SUPPORT, POVERTY REDUCTION SUPPORT CREDIT, PRIVATE SECTOR, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC AGENCIES, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC POLICIES, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, REFORM COMPONENTS, REFORM PROGRAMS, RETIREMENT, SAVINGS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE EMPLOYMENT, SIZE OF GOVERNMENT, SOCIAL DIMENSIONS, SOCIAL INSURANCE, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL SAFETY, SOCIAL SAFETY NET, SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, SOCIAL SECTOR, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT, SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, SUBSIDIARY, TAX ADMINISTRATION, TRANSPARENCY, VESTED INTERESTS, WAGES CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS, BANK-FUND COLLABORATION, DATA COLLECTING, FISCAL EFFICIENCY, STRUCTURAL REFORMS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/1981822/civil-service-reform-strengthening-world-bank-imf-collaboration https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15242
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