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The public sector in Africa has been under pressure to transform
and reform itself to be effective and efficient to provide the needed
public services to the communities that it serves. The capacity
of the public sector to manage the development process as well as
create an enabling environment for the private sector is often viewed
as a major obstacle to rapid economic progress. Since the 1990s
several countries including Ghana have undertaken structural reforms,
some of which involved reforms of state structures and public sector
management systems. The strategies used mainly are in the area the
new public management (NPM) principles of decentralization, privatization
and civil service reform. Using theoretical and empirical analyses,
this portion of the Economy of Ghana Network shares information
with the network members on key issues and problems in local government
and public sector management in Ghana.
Some of the information on key issues to be shared
will include:
i. Theoretical issues in public
sector management
ii. Key public sector reforms undertaken in Ghana
since the return to constitutional rule in 1993
iii. The performance of the Central Management
Agencies (CMAs)
iv. Cabinet reshuffles
v. New approaches to service delivery
vi. District Chief Executives and the local bureaucracy
vii. District planning
viii. Partnerships for local revenue mobilization
and management
ix. Capacity building for public sector reform
and local governance
x. District Assemblies as instruments of conflict
resolution
xi. Building and sustaining effective local accountability
xii. Integrating formal and informal structures
of local governance
xiii. Managing the risks, dilemmas and costs of
decentralization
xiv. E-government with emphasis on automation
of the judiciary
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