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African Public Service: New Challenges, Professionalism and Ethics
As globalization is impacting our life in different ways across the world, the State may be losing some of its traditional functions to supranational and sub-national institutions. At the same time, advances in communication, technology and science…
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Restructuring and Reform: Business Development Opportunities in Military Industry Conversion to Civilian Markets
This publication is unique, in the sense that it presents and discusses the military industry restructuring and public sector reform experience in a wide range of situations in Argentina, Belarus, Chile, China, Eritrea, European Union, France,…
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The Role of Supreme Audit Institutions in Auditing Public Works
The joint UN/INTOSAI interregional seminar on "The Role of Supreme Audit Institutions in Auditing Public Works" was held from 16 to 20 March 1998 in Vienna, Austria. This event was the 13th interregional seminar organised by the Division of Public…
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Rethinking Public Administration: an Overview
This publication was prepared by the Governance and Public Administration Branch (GPAB), Division of Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM), Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations, as one of the…
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Towards a Culture of Cooperation and Quality in African Public Administration
Since 1996, concerns regarding the efficiency of public administration have been attracting renewed interest. Therefore, the latest meetings of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) have focussed on topics related to this…