Serving Citizens: A Decade of Civil Service Reforms in Latin America (2004-13)
Date issued
Sep 2014
Data
Subject
Governance;
Labor Policy;
Public Administration
JEL code
J45 - Public Sector Labor Markets;
H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government;
H10 - Structure and Scope of Government: General
Country
Costa Rica;
Paraguay;
Chile;
El Salvador;
Honduras;
Uruguay;
Colombia;
Bolivia;
Ecuador;
Guatemala;
Nicaragua;
Dominican Republic;
Peru;
Brazil;
Mexico;
Panama
Category
Books
This book focuses on civil service reform within the central administration in Latin America. It analyzes updated versions of the country assessments carried out by the Inter-American Development Bank in 2004 in 16 countries and presents a comparative analysis of the ways in which the countries have evolved during the last decade. The methodology is based on the principles of the Ibero-American Charter for Public Service. In addition, it draws lessons from reform processes, identifying strategies for civil service modernization in the region. Finally, the book proposes a possible future agenda to continue the efforts to further professionalize the civil service in Latin America.
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