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AAPAM is a Non-Profit Organization that (since 1971) works to strengthen the administrative and management capacities of African public administration systems. Public Administrators, Managers, civil savant, Scholars, Teachers and researchers need access to contextually relevant quality publications from Africa in order to develop solutions to address the continent’s challenges in administration, managerial, learn institutions and Civil Service…

The volume opens with a unique article: Bureaucratic Theory and Public Sector Reforms in Nigeria: How far and How Effective? Adewale from Nigeria takes us back to the debate on bureaucratic theory and public sector reforms. Belew and Bekure from Ethiopia examine the importance of road infrastructure and its positive socio-economic impact on the economy and overall development. Wayne Charles-Soverall, calls on African leaders to implement…

The 2020 edition of the African Economic Conference, jointly organized by African Development Bank (AfDB), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is planned to be held virtually from 8 to 10 December 2020.​ Since its inception in 2006, the conference has fostered dialogue and the exchange of knowledge on a variety of issues and challenges that Africa has faced.​ ​ The theme of this year’s…

The practice of efficient PFM is now considered critical in combating corruption, alleviating poverty, and ensuring the effective  use of internal and external resources as an essential part of the development process. Sound PFM supports aggregate control,  prioritization, accountability, and efficiency in the management of public resources and delivery of services, which are critical to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG'…

The Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts for North Africa (ICSOE) is a statutory, deliberative body responsible for the strategic direction of the activities of the ECA Office for North Africa.   The Committee meets annually to consider the Office’s activity report, achieved results, work programme and strategic orientations in accordance with the development priorities of the North African countries.   This annual…

The AAPAM Gold Medal Award marks the exceptional achievement of an individual who has shown distinctive leadership or has made a significant contribution to excellence in public administration and management in Africa. Awarded after every three years, the AAPAM Gold Medal is the highest honour accorded by AAPAM to outstanding public service. Gold Medal Past Winners Dr. Najat Zarrouk (Kingdom of Morocco), in 2018    Amb. Francis Muthaura (…

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought chaos, uncertainty and supply chain disruptions to the global economy, impacted lives and livelihoods, and tested the resilience of governance systems, institutions and mechanisms in responding to the crisis. As the technical lead for the socio-economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the UN system, UNDP and its Country Offices worldwide are working to assess the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19…

North African economies are characterized by slow economic diversification and persistent unemployment, especially among educated youth. Labour productivity has registered only a moderate increase compared with more dynamic emerging countries like India or Turkey. These patterns share a common origin, which lies in the existence of many distortions in the economy that prevent an efficient allocation of resources between firms and sectors. These…

Signed by 52 African countries, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is, by the number of participating countries, the largest trade agreement since the formation of the WTO. By 1 April 2019, only one year and ten days after the signature, the threshold of ratification by 22 countries required for the agreement’s entry into force had been reached. The speed of this ratification is unprecedented in African Union history.​ With so…

An understanding of the nature of economic growth is a central preoccupation of the present report. A pertinent analysis of economic growth is found in the work by Robert J. Gordon, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, in which Gordon points out an often forgotten fact: that economic growth is neither steady nor continuous (Gordon, 2016). When growth occurs (or declines), therefore, it is essential that policymakers, researchers and analysts…

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and its Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) collaborated with the Government of Kenya and the Africa Union Development Agency (AUD-NEPAD) and organized a symposium under the theme “Strengthening Capacities of Public Institutions for Transformational Leadership, Innovation and Inclusion to Realize the…

Building a Developmental State: Strategies for Attracting and Retaining High Quality Staff in the Public Service in Africa is a presentation during the 30th Africa Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM) Annual Roundtable Conference Held in Accra, Ghana from 6th to 10th October 2008.   File added date: September 2021 Author: UN DESA/DPIDG Download Publication: English URL: https://publicadministration.un.org/publications/…