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Practices and challenges of the training and utilization of labour in sub‐Saharan Africa: the case of the Eritrean civil service *
Author(s) -
Tessema Mussie Teclemichael,
Soeters Joseph L.,
Abraham Kiflemariam
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of training and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1468-2419
pISSN - 1360-3736
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2005.00233.x
Subject(s) - civil servants , scarcity , civil service , government (linguistics) , training (meteorology) , economic growth , civil society , service (business) , political science , human resources , public administration , development economics , business , public relations , politics , geography , economics , public service , marketing , law , meteorology , linguistics , philosophy , microeconomics
This study critically analyses and discusses the way Eritrean civil servants are trained and utilized. This study shows that, except for specific areas, scarcity of skilled civil servants could not be considered as a major problem as it was in the early 1990s. The major challenge for the government would rather be how to utilize the existing staff effectively, particularly the expertise of the ex‐trainees. In addition, the findings highlight the practices and challenges of civil service training and labour utilization in most sub‐Saharan Africa nations.