Cash Poor, Perk (Plots, Privileges) Rich! Civil Service Compensation: Incentives, Dissatisfaction, and Costs
ISLAMABAD, MAY 6: The question of reforming the colonial civil service, and its linked institutions, has been on the agenda since independence. Numerous commissions and efforts have been thwarted. The popular perception remains that there has been a secular decline in civil service efficiency.
Most reform efforts focus on grades, performance reviews, and structures of the civil service. The incentive structure which economists think is central to human behaviour is often left out of the reform process.
Civil service payment remains mired in its colonial foundations consisting of cash compensation that has not kept pace with inflation and several allowances and physical perks such as houses and cars. The perks are nontransparently given and have set up several individual and group dynamics that may not be conducive to the objectives of the public service.
Not all payments & rewards in the #Pakistan civil service are on the pay slip. Pakistan’s administrative machinery, in particular its bureaucracy is profoundly influenced by its #colonial legacy. @PIDEpk
report on #CivilService Compensation, now available.
For Detailed Report Click The Link Below.
This report is the first attempt to develop some clarity on
the cost of the civil service, quantifying all aspects of compensation. It also
develops a strategy for monetisation of all perks and setting in place a
compensation system that is in line with modern economics and HRM practices. It
also points to the huge gain from monetisation in terms of the release of city
centre land for commercial development through a public-private partnership.
This is an important document that requires a lot of debate
and further research for us to improve our public sector management.
Dr Nadeem Ul Haque
Vice-Chancellor
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