Report to the ECA Conference of Ministers on Measures to Strengthen the Contribution of National Institutions of Public Administration and Management for Socio-Economic Development

Abstract

The study comprises three sections. The first section includes a description of the genesis, roles, objectives, functions and activities of African Institutions of Public Administration and Management (IPAs) in the post-independence era; their contribution to management improvement, socio-economic development and the constraints that have inhibited their performance. The second section discusses socio-economic development endeavors by African countries and African regional organizations such as the ECA and OAU; the administrative and managerial components of these endeavors, as well as the role of institutes of public administration and management in the success and/or failure of socio-economic development. The third section represents a critical appraisal of the actual roles and performances of these institutes since their inception and the dynamics of relations and interactions between them and all socio-economic plans of African countries and African organizations, measures for strengthening the contribution of public administration and management institutions are derived from this appraisal.