PUBLIC SECTOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT

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The overall Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) related objective of the Public Sector Technical Assistance Project (PSTAC) is to increase public sector labor productivity, and improvements in the management of public sector investments. The Project seeks to strengthen the public sector's capacity to implement public policies in order to increase the efficiency and transparency in the use of public resources and, in particular, to ensure the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy. The PSTAC also seeks to support the government's efforts to reduce corruption, by promoting good governance and institutional development. The first component will strengthen fiscal and financial management, through technical support to implement policy actions related to the implementation of the medium term expenditure framework, the public sector financial management, and the procurement systems. The second component will support Government efforts to continue the public administration reform program. Specifically the component will support implementation of the civil service law, and, deepen the organizational restructuring of the Central Government, and, improve public services delivery within the context of the government's Institutional Reform strategy. The third component shall strengthen public policy management, by supporting efforts to improve strategic planning, and monitoring capacity; facilitating donor coordination, and alignment under the poverty reduction strategy; and, promoting effective civic engagement, and implementing public access to information mechanisms, as well as two-way communication instruments to enhance transparency, and civic participation.

FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank Group

Project

Government