Paths between peace and public service: a comparative analysis of public service reform trajectories in postconflict countries

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Research Design and Limitations -- Structure -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 1 Analytical Framework -- Two Different Examples: Public Service Commissions -- The Analytical Framework -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Public Service Size and Composition -- Introduction -- What Is the Public Service? -- Legacies, Paths, and Results -- Choices and Consequences -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Pay -- Introduction -- What Is Pay Reform? -- Legacies, Paths, and Results -- Choices and Consequences -- Conclusion: Pay Strategies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Public Service Management Bodies -- Introduction -- Overview: Central Bodies in the Five Case Study Countries -- Wage Bill and Payroll Control -- Merit Protection -- Administrative Reform -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Parallel Structures -- Introduction -- What Are Parallel Structures? -- Country-Level Aid Architecture and Fund-Flow Choices -- Project-Level Parallel Structure Design Choices -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix A Afghanistan Case Study -- Overview -- Public Service Size and Structure -- Pay -- Public Service Management Bodies -- Parallel Structures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix B Liberia Case Study -- Overview -- Sociopolitical and Historical Contexts -- Public Service Size and Structure -- Pay -- Public Service Management Bodies -- Parallel Structures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix C Sierra Leone Case Study -- Overview -- Sociopolitical and Historical Contexts -- Public Service Size and Structure -- Pay -- Public Service Management Bodies -- Parallel Structures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix D South Sudan Case Study -- Overview