This paper examines whether political connections ease financial constraints faced by firms. Using firm-level data from six Central and Eastern European economies, the paper shows that politically connected...
The relationship between politicians and senior officials has been on the reform agenda in many countries, often on the premise that balance between technical, nonpartisan appointments and ensuring...
A growing number of countries now manage their senior public servants within a distinct human resource management (HRM) regime with tailored recruitment, management, and remuneration practices which...
The Chilean Management Control and Evaluation System (Sistema de Evaluacion y Control de Gestion) is internationally regarded as a successful example of how to put into place a monitoring and evaluation ...
This report examines the pay-setting arrangements for senior civil servants in three settings: the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Singapore. It concludes that: a robust analytic approach for pay...
At its heart, a performance orientation in the public sector is a predisposition to make promises and an ability to deliver them. Some of the key ideas behind this are: 1) responsiveness - reducing...
The Distance Learning Project, will test the viability, and sustainability of distance learning as a means of increasing access to high quality, up dated, and cost effective training for public, and...
The widely-acclaimed Economic Recovery Program launched by Ghana in 1983 faced the challenge of sustaining the gains achieved in terms of economic liberalization and macroeconomic stability. The country ...
This is the Project Completion Report (PCR) for the Koudougou Agricultural Pilot Project in Burkina Faso for which credit was approved on September 21, 1982. The credit was closed on March 31, 1989...