Institutions and governance: Public staff management in Tanzania

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 395-407

  Bana, Benson ^a   McCourt, Willy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Civil service reform; Corruption; Governance; Human resource management; Institutions; Law; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CIVIL SERVICE; CORRUPTION; HUMAN RESOURCE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LEGISLATION; PUBLIC SERVICE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33845755402     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.423     Document Type: Article

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