Commonwealth Public Administration Reform 2004

Commonwealth Public Administration Reform is a comprehensive resource for all those in public and private sectors and civil society who are engaged in reforming public administration. It includes in one volume the principal documents of major reform initiatives in the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management. It draws on the richly diverse experience of the association's 54 member countries, large and small, developing and industrialised. The 2004 edition brings together the knowledge and experience of leading experts from around the Commonwealth and covers: Reform strategies; Democracy and Security; Public-Private Partnerships; Human Resources Management; Information Systems; Education and Leadership.

Key Principles of Public Sector Reforms contains case studies from Cameroon, Ghana, Grenada, India, Kenya, Rwanda, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania and Trinidad and Tobago on the policy reforms, strategies and methodologies that support national priorities and greater policy coherence for sustained development and growth.

A comprehensive resource for all those in public and private sectors and civil society who are engaged in reforming public administration. This book includes in one volume the principal documents of major reform initiatives in the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management.

This is a guide to reform in the public sector derived from the research and training supported by the Commonwealth Secretariat. It thus draws on experience from the 54 member countries, large and small, developing and industrialised. The first section - setting the scene, looks at topics such as streamlining government, and lessons for future programmes. The second section examines the concept of good governance, including topics such as responsibilities and roles, a public service code of conduct and the elimination of corruption. The third section looks at sovereignty and security, whilst the final part is concerned with structures and systems.

Commonwealth Good Governance is the comprehensive guide to public sector reform in the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth Secretariat, through its Governance & Institutional Development Division (GIDD), helps member countries deliver "just and honest government": the core Commonwealth value that underpins democracy and development. Commonwealth Good Governance brings together the knowledge and experience of the Secretariat and related agencies such as the Commonwealth Association of Public Administration and Management. This edition covers: â_¢ The link between democracy and development â_¢ Political-administrative relations â_¢ Leadership in the public sector â_¢ Strengthening local government â_¢ Aid and governance â_¢ Building capacity in national assemblies The publication also contains 54 governance profiles of member countries.

The Caribbean is at a crucial phase in its development. Global and local pressures have seen the region losing its competitiveness, while it remains at risk of losing out on development gains made in the last few decades. These pressures are demanding improvements in the way government operates, particularly in its policy-making and administrative

This book draws on recent empirical research and reports unique insight into the craft of public administration of the most senior echelons of the Australian Public Service (APS).This work is set in the context of a comparative analysis of the significant public sector reforms by successive governments from the 1980s across Westminster polities. Such reforms and the contemporary management ideas on which they were based, including new managerialism and ‘new public management’ (NPM) travelled, were translated and transformed with some elements accepted and others rejected. This book addresses how the most senior public servants in the APS construct their craft today amid such reforms. Chapter two covers the myriad of public sector reforms across Westminster polities. Chapters three and four cover the environments and contemporary management ideas which influence public administration. Chapters five and six showcase the public actors and the responsibilities they execute when they construct their craft. The final chapter provides a conceptual model of the craft of public administration and provides implications for theory and practice.

Public sector reform has moved on apace since the first of the Commonwealth Public Service Country Profile Series was launched in 1995 when the principles of New Public Management (NPM) were in an early stage of adoption. Since then, the various civil services described in the series have undergone radical change in scope, organization and approach rendering a revision timely. Now up dated and completely revised, these re-issued Country Profiles continue to be an accessible and valuable source of reference which attempt to both describe and analyze the often tumultuous and controversial public sector reforms which have taken place in contributing countries since 1995. Practicing bureaucrats, diplomats, political and academic audiences will find these new books invaluable in benchmarking best practice in public sector reform across Commonwealth member countries.