Africa's evolving career civil service systems: Three challenges - State continuity, efficient service delivery and accountability

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 373-387

  Adamolekun, Ladipo ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CIVIL SERVICE; SERVICE PROVISION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0036733372     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852302683005     Document Type: Article

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