"A workshop hosted by the World Bank and the IMF in September 2001 provided a forum for those organizations to review the effectiveness of Bank-Fund advice and programs on civil service reform - and to propose ways to improve joint effects in coming years. Workshop participants reviewed case studies on the size and structure of the civil service in 11 countries: Benin, Bolivia, Cambodia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mali, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tanzania, the Republic of Yemen, and Zambia. They also considered macrofiscal and structural outcomes of Bank-Fund work in those countries."

"Civil Service Reform: Strengthening World Bank and IMF Collaboration presents an overview of major objectives, examines recent Bank- and Fund-supported interventions, and proposes ways to reduce poverty and achieve macroeconomic stability through the effective reform of civilian central government."--Jacket.