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The Quality of Governance: “Second-Generation” Civil Service Reform in Africa

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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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  • International Monetary Fund, 1998. "The Quality of Governance: “Second-Generation” Civil Service Reform in Africa," IMF Working Papers 1998/164, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:1998/164
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    1. Teuea Toatu, 2002. "Unravelling the Pacific Paradox," International and Development Economics Working Papers idec02-2, International and Development Economics.

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