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| Title: | Political Transition, Economic Liberalization and Civil Service Reform in Malawi |
| Authors: | Adamolekun, Ladipo Kulemeka, Noel Laleye, Mouftaou |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Periodical: | Public Administration and Development |
| Volume: | 17 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Period: | May |
| Pages: | 209-222 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Malawi |
| Subjects: | political change economic policy civil service reform Politics and Government Labor and Employment Economics and Trade Development and Technology |
| External link: | https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-162X(199705)17:2<209::AID-PAD931>3.0.CO;2-N |
| Abstract: | This article reviews the efforts aimed at reforming the civil service of Malawi at the same time as the country has been undergoing political transition and economic liberalization since 1991. Some of the measures in the civil service reform programme interfaced with either the political transition process (for example, the Public Service Act) or with economic policy reform (for example, privatization). In a few other cases, it was a mixture, a political economy perspective (for example, curbing corruption). The article draws attention to implementation progress and implementation problems. Three major problems account for slow implementation of civil service reform activities: weak and inconsistent political and administrative leadership for reform; capacity overload, caused by multiple interventions of donors that are not adequately coordinated; and limited familiarity with procurement and disbursement procedures of the World Bank that is financing the Second Institutional Development Project. In conclusion, the prospects for the remaining years of the decade and beyond are highlighted. App., bibliogr., notes, sum. |
