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Public Service Urged to transform itself |
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Wednesday, August 03, 2011 |
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ICT for MDGs
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Namibia |
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Aug 03, 2011 |
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He said that in many instances economic growth had not translated into job opportunities.
According to Mr Angula, in many of the Commonwealth African countries, the Public Service was the largest business entity and service provider.
He warned that further expansion of the Public Service would become a threat if the sector was unable to manage wage demands.
Also important, he said, was the need for an accountable, affirming public sector that was capable of regulating the impact of economic markets on people and the environment.
Director of Governance and Institutional Development in the Commonwealth Secretariat, Max Everest-Phillips, said that Commonwealth African States were generally more effective than non-members.
“But there is no room for complacency,” Mr Everest-Phillips said.
“Poor governance not only impoverishes the citizenry, but also increases political instability and lowers international investment and national economic growth,” he said.
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Public Service Urged to transform itself The Namibian Prime Minister has called on the country’s Public Service to transform itself into a development and enterprise-oriented organisation spearheading socio-economic development The PM Nahas Angula said such a transformation would by and large be dependent on the type of leadership in the public sector Mr Angula was speaking at the eighth forum of the Commonwealth Heads of African Public Services which had as its theme the state of leadership in Africa generally and specifically the public sector He said that dogging the African Public Services were a complex set of interrelated social issues such as HIV-AIDS gender inequality worsening economic inequality and increasing unemployment
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