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Canadian aid for the training of public servants in Ghana and Zimbabwe
Author(s) -
McAllister Ian
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230070305
Subject(s) - cabinet (room) , agency (philosophy) , work (physics) , government (linguistics) , training (meteorology) , political science , relevance (law) , public administration , civil servants , economic growth , public relations , medical education , sociology , social science , medicine , geography , politics , engineering , economics , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , meteorology , law
The Canadian International Development Agency has co‐sponsored a number of training programmes for public servants. In this article two of the larger programmes are examined, one with the Government of Ghana, the other with Zimbabwe. The main work with Ghana was undertaken in that country: much of the work with Zimbabwe was undertaken in Canada—for different reasons and with somewhat different results. Over 400 officials have completed the basic courses (generally of 3 months duration). Others have attended shorter courses, training‐of‐trainers projects, and a workshop for cabinet ministers. In this paper questions are explored about the relevance of such training, the nature of the content and ways to evaluate such activities. Practical issues of aid planning and implementation are raised and, finally, questions of aid targets are examined in the light of the experiences of these programmes.