Civil Service Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean. Proceedings of aConference. Held in Washington, DC. on May 20-21, 1993

摘要

The papers collected in this volume were presented at the World Bank Conferenceon Civil Service Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), held on May 20-21, 1993, in Washington, D.C. The conference addressed the need to identify effective strategies for improving the capacity of governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to manage their human resources effectively and efficiently. It focused on these themes: Reviewing civil service reform and its overall role in economic development; Adjusting staffing levels and upgrading compensation; Recruiting and retaining personnel, particularly in the higher managerial ranks; Strengthening institutional capacity to manage human resources and improving managerial authority and accountability. The purpose of this conference volume is to provide an overview of human resource management problems and strategies for solving them. The volume is also meant to serve as a reference on the state of the art of public sector resource management and on civil service reform experiences to date in Latin America and the Caribbean and other regions.