Civil Service, Democracy and Economic Development
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This article examines the links between merit-based civil service, economic development and the robustness of democracy. It also argues that patterns of public employment prevalent in the past, such as patronage (including political patronage) and venality of public offices, can no longer be followed if poverty is to be reduced, economic development sustained and democracy reinforced.
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