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9780821360002

Building State Capacity In Africa

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  • ISBN13:

    9780821360002

  • ISBN10:

    0821360000

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-09-25
  • Publisher: World Bank Publications

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Summary

This publication considers options for strengthening institutional capacity within the public sector in African countries, by drawing on the experiences of public sector reform programmes in over a dozen African states. Issues discussed include: the relationship between governance and economic development, public expenditure and accountability, anti-corruption reforms, the politics of decentralisation, political structures and public service delivery.

Table of Contents

Foreword v
Frannie A. Leautier
Callisto Madavo
Acknowledgments vii
About the Authors ix
Governance and Economic Development in Africa: Meeting the Challenge of Capacity Building
1(42)
Brian Levy
Comparative Experience with Public Service Reform in Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia
43(44)
Mike Stevens
Stefanie Teggemann
Building State Capacity in Africa: Learning from Performance and Results
87(22)
Poul Engberg-Pedersen
Brian Levy
Reforming Pay Policy: Techniques, Sequencing, and Politics
109(40)
Kithinji Kiragu
Rwekaza Mukandala
Denyse Morin
Cabinets, Budgets, and Poverty: Political Commitment to Poverty Reduction
149(30)
Harry Garnett
William Plowden
Public Expenditure Accountability in Africa: Progress, Lessons, and Challenges
179(32)
Bill Dorotinsky
Rob Floyd
Emerging Legislatures: Institutions of Horizontal Accountability
211(46)
Joel D. Barkan
Ladipo Adamolekun
Yongmei Zhou
Mouftaou Laleye
Njuguna Ng'ethe
Process Interventions Versus Structural Reforms: Institutionalizing Anticorruption Reforms in Africa
257(26)
Sahr Kpundeh
The Politics of Decentralization in Africa: A Comparative Analysis
283(40)
Stephen N. Ndegwa
Brian Levy
Education Decentralization in Africa: A Review of Recent Policy and Practice
323(34)
Alec Ian Gershberg
Donald R. Winkler
Reflections
357(10)
Dele Olowu
Joel D. Barkan
Njuguna Ng'ethe
Index 367

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