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Public Service Ethics in Africa, Vol. 2
There is a greater awareness of the need for ethics, accountability and transparency in public life today. This realisation has been supported by the emergence of a consensus that good governance and sound public administration underpin sustainable…
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Anti-Corruption Symposium 2001: The Role of On-line Procedures in Promoting Good Governance
Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea and nicknamed the “the Miracle of the Han River”, was one of the engines of rapid growth in one country among the “Asian Tigers”. As in many large cities, however, rapid economic growth was accompanied by…
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African Institutes of Public Administration: New Challenges, New Role, New Perspectives
The Third Pan-African Conference of Ministers of Civil Service, entitled “African Institutes of Public Administration: New Challenges, New Role, New Perspectives”, which took place in Windhoek, Namibia, on 5 and 6 February 2001, provided an…
| Reports | Public Service Innovation
Public Service Ethics in Africa, Vol. 1
There is a greater awareness of the need for ethics, accountability and transparency in public life today. This realisation has been supported by the emergence of a consensus that good governance and sound public administration underpin sustainable…
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E-government Landscape
E-government Landscape
Since the mid -1990s governments around the world have been executing major initiatives in order to tap the vast potential of the internet for the distinct purpose of improving and perfecting the governing process. Like the…
| World Public Sector Reports
World Public Sector Report 2001
Globalization and the State 2001
Globalization, although not a new phenomenon, is unquestionably of paramount significance for all countries, developed or developing, rich or poor, large or small. What is globalization? How is globalization…
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Publications in Public Administration and Development (1989-2000)
Publications in Public Administration and Development (1989-2000)
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Decentralization: Conditions for Success. Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
In April 1996, the United Nations General Assembly, at its resumed 50th session, adopted resolution 50/225 on Public Administration and Development. The resolution confirmed the importance of reinforcing public administration for development and…
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Country Profiles on Public Administration
In the last half of the twentieth century, Governments were under pressure to respond to the demands from their citizens and to increasing complexity and change in their global environments. The response to these demands has taken the form of…
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Building Partnerships for Good Governance: the Spirit and the Reality of South-South Cooperation
Building partnerships for good governance involves recognizing and including all relevant stakeholders in a community into strategic alliances around goals and tasks. These strategic alliances involve recognition of strengths and weaknesses of the…
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Promoting Ethics in the Public Service
Ethics is gaining prominence in the discourse about governance today. There is a perception that standards in public life are in decline. This raises questions about the costs of misconduct on the part of those who have been entrusted with guarding…
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Economic Governance: Guidelines for Effective Financial Management
Good governance is considered synonymous with sound development management. However, economic governance of national state is facing serious problems because its traditional sovereignty over economic affairs has been imperceptibly eroded to other…