TY - BOOK ID - 84538772 TI - A Decade of Civil Service Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa AU - Lienert, Ian. AU - Modi, Jitendra. PY - 1997 SN - 1462364993 1452786518 1282110748 9786613803627 1451904355 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Labor KW - Employment KW - Unemployment KW - Wages KW - Intergenerational Income Distribution KW - Aggregate Human Capital KW - Aggregate Labor Productivity KW - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General KW - Civil service & public sector KW - Labour KW - income economics KW - Civil service KW - Civil service reform KW - Real wages KW - Economic theory KW - Uganda KW - Income economics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84538772 AB - This paper assesses a decade of experience in civil service reform in a sample of 32 sub-Saharan African countries. Many countries have made an important start towards reducing excessive staffing levels and the nominal wage bill, but less progress has been made in decompressing salary differentials in favor of higher-grade staff. In the CFA franc zone countries, real wages fell sharply after the 1994 devaluation, but the wage bill relative to tax revenue is still high in many countries. There is a need to consolidate quantitative first-generation reforms that contribute to macroeconomic stabilization. Equally important is the need to make progress on qualitative second-generation reforms, especially remuneration and promotion policies that reward performance and measures to improve civil service management. Such policies will require strong political commitment by governments. ER -