PIOJ Growth-Inducement Strategy - Planning Institute of Jamaica
PIOJ Growth-Inducement Strategy - Planning Institute of Jamaica
PIOJ Growth-Inducement Strategy - Planning Institute of Jamaica
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Public Sector Transformation 74<br />
1.0 Background<br />
Cabinet Decision #49/09, dated November 2, 2009, stated the decision <strong>of</strong> Cabinet to<br />
rationalize the Public Sector. The vision to be realised is “a transformed cohesive Public<br />
Sector that is performance-based, efficient, cost effective and service oriented.” The<br />
stated reasons for rationalisation are as follows:<br />
overlapping and duplication <strong>of</strong> mandates and functions<br />
organizations and structures that are no longer relevant<br />
shifts in mandate and core functions<br />
archaic systems and structures<br />
outdated Statutes<br />
high wage bill relative to GDP<br />
lack <strong>of</strong> appropriate technology<br />
lack <strong>of</strong> inter and intra-Ministry collaboration<br />
limited financial and material resources.<br />
2.0 The Context<br />
The Public Sector Master Rationalization Plan addresses the rationalization <strong>of</strong> the Public<br />
Sector at the strategic level and examines Ministries and their respective Departments and<br />
Agencies, in relation to their mandates and core functions. Careful consideration was<br />
given to the role, core functions and priorities <strong>of</strong> Government. The determination <strong>of</strong> the<br />
core functions <strong>of</strong> Government was informed by an understanding <strong>of</strong> “what Government<br />
should do and pay for; what government must pay for, but does not have to do; and what<br />
Government should not do and should not pay for” 75 . This philosophy guided the review<br />
<strong>of</strong> the functions <strong>of</strong> Ministries, Departments and Agencies and their status was determined<br />
based on, one <strong>of</strong> six options, namely:<br />
1. retention<br />
2. transfer<br />
3. merger<br />
4. abolition<br />
5. divestment/privatisation<br />
6. contracting out.<br />
74 Prepared by the Public Sector Transformation Unit, Cabinet Office.<br />
75 Osborne, David and Plastrik, Peter, Banishing Bureaucracy: The Five Strategies for Reinventing Government, First<br />
Plume Printing, USA, 1997.<br />
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