BOOK REVIEW

Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding A Fractured World

By Ashraf Ghani & Clare Lockhart. Oxford University Press. 2008.

What Lessons There Are for Sierra Leone?

Review by Sheka BANGURA

JICA Scholar (PhD)…

Key Messages:

Rethinking and enforcing PSR strategies that tackle issues of values, ethics, integrity and attitude in the public/civil service can turn around the African continent. Strong public institutions, complaint handling systems and streamlined service time processes are in many ways embedded in value-based and ethical public services; and enhances competitiveness;

Public sector reforms should be designed and implemented within the socio-political and…

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Results Based Planning Guidelines Dec 2011

Message from the ISI:

From CIPE, A Valuable KM Resource: 25 years of Impact Evaluation

Knowledge Sharing (KS) and Knowledge Management (KM) practices highly hinge on, among other things, the sharing of emerging best practices, lessons learned…

I have now produced a rough early draft (the appendices still have to be produced) of the above which is based on a the Cash Basis IPSAS and the study by the ACBF on existing good practice in Sub-Saharan Africa, see - http://tinyurl.com/esaag2012



I would be very pleased if…

I am so happy joigning this group

Blog Amouzou Bedi

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blog: http://amouzoubedi.blogspot.com/

On December 21, 2011, the World Bank, acting as administrator for the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), approved a grant of US$10 million to connect about 80,000 people to Monrovia’s electricity grid, raising the electricity access rate in Liberia’s capital from 0.6 percent to 8 percent. The scheme will be implemented by the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), the sole power company in the country.…

The 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness was held from 29 November to 2 December 2011 in the City of Busan, South Korea. The Conference follows the High Level Forums held in Rome 2003, Paris 2005 and Accra 2008.  Over 3,000 delegates from 160 nations reviewed the global process of Aid Effectiveness and made new commitments in supporting progress towards meeting the MDGs by 2015. At the end of the 3 day conference, there was commitment from all stakeholders to implement the Paris and…

Dear members,

The Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank is conducting an evaluation of World Bank Group's work on Managing Forest Resources for Sustainable Development. We are seeking feedback from beneficiaries and stakeholders in the field on the state and use of forests in local communities, and whether World Bank Group projects had any impact on the sustainability of forests and forest managementshare your stories, pictures, videos and any other relevant…

Development practitioners and donors are gearing up for the Busan meeting on Aid Effectiveness later this month, which will focus on results. But will this renewed commitment translate into a more systematic use of evidence in policymaking?

To promote better use of evidence, 3ie is launching a Commitment to Evaluation index. The index will score donor agency and government use of evidence, identifying and rewarding…

Dear  Colleagues,

There is an issue in the civil/public service that is very interesting and very important but we seem to forget it or we choose not to give it due attention.

The issue is, MOTIVATION!!!

We seem to have been carried away by issues surrounding reforms.  But no matter the literature we generate on reforms, if the actors in the arena of reforms are not motivated, do you think the reforms can succeed?

I would not want to say much.  My simple…

Reforming the Public Sector: Can it be Done?

The answer to this question is polar: Yes and No.  Yes, if reform is carried out taking into consideration peculiarities of individual countries.  No, if we view reform only from the perspective of reducing cost of administration.

From 1999 to date Nigeria has embarked on series of reform in the country.  NEEDS I and other reform documents…

Some key lessons learnt for successful and sustainable implementation of PSR in Sub-Saharan Africa, bearing in mind country specific contexts and factors include: top level political commitment and leadership; robust prioritization and sequencing of reform activities; early attention to pay reforms, low and inequitable compensation levels; a public sector with a results-oriented organizational culture; over dependence on donor funding hurts reform implementation ; and

strong local…

Lesotho's health sector faces daunting challenges:

• high poverty,
• low life expectancy, and
• the third highest HIV prevalence rate--23 percent for ages 15-49.

An innovative public-private partnership scheme--with the Government of Lesotho, Tsepong Consortium, IFC Advisory Services, the World Bank, and the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA)--aims to create a…