The Contract System of Employment for Senior Government Officials

Experiences from Africa

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978-1-84929-033-3

The Contract System of Employment for Senior Government Officials

Contributors: Philip Osei, Joan Nwasike
Series Title: Managing the Public Service: Strategies for Improvement Series
Number within series: 16
Publication date: 1 November 2010
Size: 240mm x 156mm
ISBN: 978-1-84929-033-3
Pages: 68

This publication reviews the effects of the reforms implemented under the ‘new public management’ programme on the roles and conditions of service of permanent secretaries and directors in Botswana, Ghana, Uganda and Zambia. These countries introduced the contract system of employment, and their experience highlights the importance of acknowledging context in considering the implications of the contract system, and the challenges of implementation.



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Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations and acronyms

1. Introduction
2. Study Framework and Methodology
3. Contract System Pertaining to the Employment of Senior Public Service Officers in Botswana
4. Contract System Pertaining to the Employment of Chief Directors in the Public Service in Ghana
5. Contract System Pertaining to the Employment of Permanent Secretaries in the Public Service in Uganda
6.Contract System Pertaining to the Employment of Permanent Secretaries in the Public Service in Zambia
7. Conclusion – A Comparative Assessment of the Findings

References

Appendices
A. Country activity
B. People consulted in Botswana, Ghana, Uganda and Zambia

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Philip Osei (Author)

Dr Philip Osei is a Senior Fellow of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies in Jamaica. His main research interests are in public policy and management and he has advisory work experience in public service reform, local government, urban development, capacity development and poverty reduction. He was a Commonwealth Academic Fellow in 2005.

Joan Nwasike (Author)

Dr Joan Nwasike is Adviser, Caribbean in the Governance and Institutional Development Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat. She began her public sector career at the Guyana Development Corporation, and spent over a decade in academia . She has worked in the private sector and has been a consultant in public sector development to the Government of Tanzania.