This paper presents an international perspective on civil service reform with respect to good governance and public policy training. Theoretical and conceptual frameworks are employed to understand the particular case of Pakistan's civil service. The experience of civil service reform policies...

Civil service has been at the top of the reform agenda for many years, surprisingly with very little progress. In the past, as well as recently, some actions have been taken which can be passed off as civil service reform. But the expected performance of the civil service, most appropriately...