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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:31 am Post subject: Are Government Officials Inefficient? |
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Incompetent Public Servants Face Forced Retirement
... officials with poor capabilities and work attitude will be asked to take a temporary leave of absence or to retire from office. The current 32 hours of training programs for public servants will increase to up to 100 hours in order to meet the standards of advanced countries.
Despite the Roh administration's efforts to renovate and decentralize the government system, the efficiency of South Korean government placed 60th out of 209 countries last year in a recent World Bank report. The ranking was down from 50th during the Kim Dae-jung administration in 2002.
by Lee Jin-woo, Korea Times (September 9, 2005)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200509/kt2005090819370611960.htm |
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