Practical, Theoretical and Ethical Implications of the Global Strategy for Public Sector Reform in Governance in Mozambique

Jochua A. Baloi; Aida Carlos Nhacule

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Practical, Theoretical and Ethical Implications of the Global Strategy for Public Sector Reform in Governance in Mozambique

Jochua A. Baloi, Aida Carlos Nhacule

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Received: 24 June 2022 Accepted: 14 July 2022 Published: 20 July 2022

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This article comes about with the objective of analyzing in a comparative way, the practical, theoretical and ethical implications of the rigorous and exemplary application of the pillars of the Global Strategy for Public Sector Reform in Mozambique, regarding to governance with the current reality. It argues that this strategy had a somewhat positive impact if one considers the set of institutional changes that occurred at the time. Mozambique embarked on public sector reform, as it was its concern at the time, to raise the level of performance in public administration with regard to transparency in accountability, and in the search for greater participation within the public sector with the opportunity to offer public health services with higher quality and greater access for all. The methodological support that guides this article comprises a symbiosis of several methods (Monographic, Historical, Bibliographic), combining them with the reflective hermeneutic, for the effective reach of the theoretical framework on public sector reforms in Mozambique. Therefore, the article concludes that, although there is still some focus of clientelism, nepotism and exaggerated corruption in the public sector, the pillars of the Global Strategy for Public Sector Reform with regard to governance have been somewhat successful if considered the results achieved.

Published in	International and Public Affairs (Volume 6, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ipa.20220601.14
Page(s)	19-28
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Governance, Reforms, Public Sector, Mozambique

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Jochua A. Baloi

Post-Graduate School, University of Saint Thomas of Mozambique, Maputo, Mozambique
Aida Carlos Nhacule

Post-Graduate School, University of Saint Thomas of Mozambique, Maputo, Mozambique

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