The purpose of this report is to assess progress to date in implementing the World Bank's strategy for governance and public sector reform, Reforming Public Institutions and Strengthening Governance: A World Bank Strategy. It is organized according to the goals and commitments laid out in the...

This report proposes a two-pronged strategy of government action for securing progress in sub-national administration, using the structures, and discipline that form the distinctive heritage of the Afghan state. One strand calls for the center to commit itself to delivering some basic support...

In 1993, the Government of Botswana launched a productivity movement to improve civil service performance. The centerpiece of the movement was the introduction of Work Improvement Teams (WITs). A WIT is a group of civil servants from the same work unit, irrespective of divisional status, who...