Improving the performance of public enterprise management in Africa: lessons from country experiences

Abstract

Reform of public enterprises is a central feature of the economic policy reform programs being implemented by many African countries. In response to the need to promote better public enterprise management in Africa, the Public Administration, Human Resources and Social development Division of ECA launched, under the Special Action Program for Administration and Management (SAPAM), a program aimed at improving the performance of public enterprise management in Africa. The first activity in this series was a Senior Policy Workshop held in Debrezeit, Ethiopia in November 1990,devoted to examining the conditions for improving public enterprise performance. At the end of that workshop,participants urged ECA to hold a follow-up workshop within a year to assess any progress made towards the revitalization of public enterprises in Africa. In order to make such an assessment meaningful, ECNSAPAM commissioned case studies of selected African public enterprises The Dakar Senior Policy Workshop was a follow-up to the Debrezeit Workshop.