PHILOSOPHY FOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM Government's ...

White Paper on Public Sector ReformThe private sector, as a social partner, is interested in securing theefficient functioning of the public sector, on which it must depend forregulatory facilitation for the conduct of its business. Also, it has toensure, that existing socio-economic policies and the politicalenvironment are amenable to private sector activities and growth. ThePrivate Sector takes the view that the main objective of Public SectorReform is to position the government to work closely with the privatesector ina healthy partnership/relationship based upon mutual respect, with theaim of enabling the private sector to compete effectively not only in thelocal and regional markets, but increasingly in the global market place.To assist it in fulfilling its role, the private sector will look to the publicsector to identify the scope of its activities closely and in particular paygreaer attention to issues such as -• what mix of services the Government should be provding to thecommunity;• the timeliness and quality of such services;• appropriate staffing to facilitate the needs of the economy;• efficiency and fairness of tax collection.In this regard, the government sees the private sector as performing amajor role as the engine of economic growth and contributing to theoverall development and success of the Barbados economy.