Resources for

Publications and Reports

The World Bank has produced several (i) regional reports and (ii) country-specific reviews on public administration and civil service reform in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. These are listed below.

Regional Studies

1.	Revitalization within public sector services : Case studies of international initiatives	2004/01/01	31893	Working Paper
2.	International public administration reform : implications for the Russian Federation	2003/11/01	27582	Publication
3.	Understanding public sector performance in transition countries: an empirical contribution	2003/06/30	30357	Working Paper
4.	Civil service reform : strengthening World Bank and IMF collaboration	2002/06/30	24494	Publication
5.	Decentralization in the transition economies : challenges and the road ahead	2002/06/14	25132	Working Paper
6.	Contracting for public services : output-based aid and its applications	2001/08/31	22928	Publication
7.	Modernization of the federal civil service: methodology for functional reviews (Russian)	2001/07/28	32699	Working Paper
8.	Modernization of the federal civil service: methodology for functional reviews	2001/07/28	32699	Working Paper
11.	Ready for Europe : public administration reform and European Union accession in Central and Eastern Europe	2000/05/31	WTP466	Publication
12.	Context is everything : measuring institutional change in transition economies	2000/01/31	WPS2269	Policy Research Working Paper
13.	Public service employment : a review of programs in selected OECD countries and transition economies	1999/06/30	20129	Working Paper (Numbered Series)
14.	The state after communism : administrative transitions in Central and Eastern Europe	1999/01/31	18779	Publication
15.	Institutional change and the public sector in transitional economies	1994/05/31	WDP241	Publication

Country Reports

1.	Albania - Decentralization in transition (English & Albanian)	2004/02/01	27885	Sector Report
2.	Bulgaria - Issues in intergovernmental relations	2004/01/27	25821	Sector Report
3.	Czech Republic - Intergovernmental fiscal relations in the transition	2001/05/31	22625	Sector Report
4.	Hungary - Modernizing the subnational government system	2000/05/31	WDP417	Publication
5.	Kazakhstan - Reforming the public sector wage system - Policy Note	2005/04/14	31707	Economic Report
6.	Kazakhstan - Governance and service delivery : a diagnostic report (English & Russian)	2002/05/22	23257	Sector Report
7.	Kazakstan - Transition of the state	1996/07/15	15353	Economic Report
8.	Latvia - Beyond territorial reform	2003/08/01	25466	Sector Report
9.	Macedonia - Decentralization status report	2003/09/22	24305	Economic Report
10.	Poland - Decentralization and reform of the state	1992/08/31	11036	Publication
11.	Administrative and regulatory reform in Russia. Addressing potential sources of corruption	2006/10/01	36157	Working Paper
12.	Russian civil service reform (History of reform attempts from 1992 to 2000) (English & Russian)	2003/01/01	28807	Working Paper
13.	Collection of articles : local self-government and civic engagement in rural Russia (English & Russian)	2003/01/01	28377	Working Paper
14.	Russia : Bank assistance for public sector management and governance (English & Russian)	2002/01/01	27999	Working Paper
15.	Serbia and Montenegro - Public Administration Development : creating the conditions for effective economic and social reform	2004/05/15	28553	Economic Report
16.	Tajikistan: Civil and public service wage note (English)	2005/12/01	32622	Sector Report

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