Building a capable civil service in Liberia: The role of the Performance Management System’, International Growth Centre

Over the past thirty years, Liberia has encountered a mix of challenges, from negotiating civil war and an Ebola epidemic to welcoming the first democratic transition of power in three-quarters of a century. The recently elected Weah administration has made governance one of the four pillars of its ‘Pro-poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development’, including a push to combat corruption and nepotism while holding state entities accountable (MFDP 2018, Porkpa 2018, Kollie 2018). As part of this work, the Civil Service Agency (CSA) has taken a number of important steps to build a capable public service.