Research Catalog

Title

Issues and problems in Caribbean public administration / edited by Selwyn Ryan and Deryck Brown.

Publication

[St. Augustine, Trinidad] : Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of the West Indies, c1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ryan, Selwyn D.
• Brown, Deryck R.

Description

ix, 373 p.; 28 cm.

Alternative Title

Issues & problems in Caribbean public administration

Subjects

• Government business enterprises > Caribbean Area
• Caribbean Area > Politics and government > 1945-
• Administrative agencies > Caribbean Area

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Public service commissions / Trinidad and Tobago Public Service Commission -- Terms and conditions of employment in the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Service / Government of Trinidad and Tobago -- Public speeches and broadcasts by public servants / Government of Trinidad and Tobago -- Government and the Public Service Commission / G.E. Mills -- The Public Service Commission in Grenada / George Eaton et al. -- Controls on the civil service in the Commonwealth Caribbean / Ralph Gonsalves -- Reforming the civil service commissions / Allan McKenzie -- Efficiency in the public and police service / James Bain -- Management of human resources in the Jamaica Civil Service / G.E. Mills -- We are all corrupt / Selwyn Ryan -- Maladministration and corruption / Edwin Jones -- Caribbean social structure and the effectiveness of the ombudsman / Joy Henry -- The role of the Ombudsman in Trinidad & Tobago / Evan Rees -- What the Ombudsman can investigate / Clifford Baburam -- Guyana's Ombudsman / Harold Lutchman -- Ombudsmanship in Jamaica revisited / Edwin Jones -- The Contractor General of Jamaica / Derek McKoy -- The St. Lucian Ombudsman / Hunter Francis -- The civil servant and politics in the age of independence / J. O'Neil Lewis et al. -- The role and function of the Cabinet / Administrative Improvement Technical Advisory Committee -- Ministers and permanent secretaries / Cecil H. Dolly et al. -- The relationship between ministers and civil servants in Guyana / L.F.S. Burnham -- Politicians and civil servants / Michael Manley -- Conflict between ministers and civil servants / G.E. Mills -- Neutrality and commitment / G.E. Mills -- Political direction of the public service and relationship between ministers and officials in Grenada / George Eaton et al. -- In defence of public servants / Frank A. Barsotti -- Over-centralization [Trinidad and Tobago] / Public Service Review Task Force -- Political transitions in Trinidad & Tobago 1986-1992 / Selwyn Ryan -- The purpose of planning / Eric Williams -- In defence of planning / Selwyn Ryan -- Relationships between the Ministry of Planning and Development and other ministries / C.H. Dolly et al. -- Developmental programmes and planning / Public Service Review Task Force -- Planning and economic management for small island economies / Frank A. Barsotti -- Planning for development during the Grenada Revolution / George Eaton et al. -- Planning as a political activity / Adlith Brown -- Development planning in the Grenada Revolution / Claremont D. Kirton -- New strategies for formulating the budget / Frank A. Barsotti -- A design for improved performance of the Budget Division / Ministry of Finance & Planning (Jamaica) -- Fiscal and financial accountability in Grenada / George Eaton et al. -- Letter of appointment as an accounting officer / Ministry of Finance, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago -- Public accountability and the Auditor General [Trinidad and Tobago] / E.W. Gregoire -- Public accountability and the engagement of private accounting firms / Private Accounting Firms of Trinidad and Tobago -- The Auditor General and the state enterprises / Ainsley A. Mark -- Engagement of private accounting firms / Auditor General's Department of Trinidad & Tobago -- Financial irregularities and the Public Accounts Committee / Public Accounts Committee (Trinidad and Tobago) -- Comprehensive auditing in the public service / Public Service Review Task Force -- Conflicting attitudes towards public enterprises in the Commonwealth Caribbean / Maurice A. Odle -- The nature, role, and financing of public utilities in Trinidad and Tobago / Ministry of Public Utilities -- Are statutory bodies necessary? / G.E. Mills -- Politics and the public utilities : the case of the Trinidad and Tobago Water and Sewerage Authority / Selwyn Ryan -- Public participation in industrial and commercial activities / Government of Trinidad and Tobago -- Public participation in directly productive activities and economic transformation in small states / Frank Rampersad -- An analytical framework for the study of Caribbean public enterprise / Courtney M. Blackman -- The Public Sector Investment Programme / Frank Rampersad -- The aims of privatization / Deryck Brown -- Strategy on divestment / Government of Trinidad and Tobago -- The re-privatisation of Guyana / Carl B. Greenidge -- Administrative improvement in the Commonwealth Caribbean / Selwyn Ryan -- Administrative reform : the Jamaica experience / G.E. Mills -- Genesis of the Administrative Reform Programme in Jamaica / Philip Glaessner -- Administrative reform revisited / Gordon Draper -- Some issues in public service reform in Trinidad and Tobago / Reginald Dumas -- Public management in the Caribbean / CARICAD -- Public service reform in the era of structural adjustment / Brinsley Samaroo -- Public administration for sustained development / William G. Demas.

Call Number

Sc F 01-362

ISBN

976618013X (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

93212256

OCLC

27545577

Title

Issues and problems in Caribbean public administration / edited by Selwyn Ryan and Deryck Brown.

Imprint

[St. Augustine, Trinidad] : Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of the West Indies, c1992.

Edition

[2nd ed.]

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Ryan, Selwyn D.

Brown, Deryck R.

Cover Title

Issues & problems in Caribbean public administration

Research Call Number

Sc F 01-362