Public sector

METHOD PUBLIC

In March 1994 the minimum wage was received by 2.5 per cent of people employed in the national economy (of which in the public sector 0.9 per cent and in the private sector 5.1 per cent) and in September 1994, 2.8 per cent of the total number of people employed (of which in the public sector 0.9 per cent and in the private sector 6.7 per cent).

(a) The public sector

Many countries are in the process of establishing various mechanisms for public private sector dialogue, including consultative and deliberative councils at the national, sectoral and local levels.

The public sector remains the dominant employer.

The public sector is generally the largest provider of water services in most countries.

See United Nations, World Public Sector Report, 2005 Unlocking the Human Potential for Public Sector Performance (United Nations publication, forthcoming).

Percentage of the budget of the national public sector

Private sector as of public sector

The development of standards in and by the public and private sectors is important.

Public sector procurement

Women in the public sector

(ii) Public sector wages

Total in thous. zlotys Public sector in thous. zlotys

(b) Public sector management reform

a Per capita in the public sector.

Improving performance in the public sector

It should be emphasized that the phenomenon of lower wages in the private sector than in the public sector only concerns manual workers apos wages, for non manual workers being higher in the private sector.

Many Governments subsidize service sectors, including those serving the public good.

However, during the same time, employment in the international business sector rose by 5.3 per cent and in the public and real estate sectors by 2.0 per cent.21

Approximately 60 per cent of public sector salaries are paid to security forces.

(g) Employ persons with disabilities in the public sector

Table 2. Public sector employment

Wages in the public and private sector

(d) Evaluation and strengthening of institutions, public service management and the management of public finances, including public procurement, and the private sector

Fiji itself had developed a Public Private Partnership Programme for the delivery of public infrastructure and public services by the private sector that would otherwise have been provided through traditional public sector procurement.

The entire public sector health infrastructure is financed by the State from its own resources.

140. The wages and salaries of the public service employees are fixed in autonomous wage negotiations between the public employers of the federal, State and local governments on the one hand and the trade unions of the public service on the other.

(None of this is to deny that there are other key actors in many countries engaged in R D, namely the public sector and the local private sector).

6. Lack of export strategies and trade promotion organizations, as well as weak cooperation among government departments and the private and public sector also constituted an impediment to the full realization of developing countries apos potential.

(b) Intercepted telephone conversations (Sûreté Générale)

1. Public and private initiatives

Public private sector partnerships

Joint strategies implemented by the public and the private sector.

These investments were made through the Municipal Development Institute Rural Aqueduct Project Executive Unit (INFOM UNEPAR), the Departmental Development Boards, the Presidential Secretariat for Executive Coordination (SCEP), the Social Investment Fund (FIS), the National Peace Fund (FONAPAZ), the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (MSPAS), the Women's Unit of the Guatemalan Fund for Indigenous Development (FODIGUA), the private sector and with support from international cooperation.

Economic growth and social welfare were top national priorities, based on the belief that the quest for economic and social development could only be sustained through solid public private partnerships.

National ICT strategies should include measures to explore innovative financing arrangements involving public and business partnerships.

ERAs are used in both the private and public sectors.

The private sector could draw resources away from the public sector.

428. Most workplaces in the country are in the public sector or in publicly owned enterprises.

Experts observed that the tourism sector is often the first segment within the public sector to provide ICT related services and therefore often contributes substantially to the adoption of a national ICT policy.

30. Internal adjustment and financial reforms of the public sector.

This obligation extends to all employers, both in private and public sectors.

The public sector meets these provisions adequately.