Civil Administration Reform – 1997
1997
The accord provided for the professionalization of civil servants in an attempt to modernize the government service, establish a career civil service, promote integrity and accountability, strengthen and modernize the comptroller’s office and sanctioning acts of corruption and the misappropriation of public funds. Nevertheless, no serious steps were taken to reform civil administration in 1997. Proposals for a new civil service act were past due without the Follow-up Commission’s approval for rescheduling.1 Nevertheless, the government had secured the Private Participation in Infrastructure Technical Assistance Loan from the World Bank to prepare selected infrastructure sectors – ports, power, telecommunications, highways, and the postal service – for concession and privatization, within a sound legal and regulatory framework.2 The implementation of these programs was expected to modernize and improve the efficiency of government services. The project was expected to complete by 2000.