Mapping Indonesia’s Civil Service
Indonesia’s civil service has expanded by 25 percent in the last 12 years, which presents opportunities for the government of Indonesia (GoI) to work toward the goal of reducing poverty and enhancing social welfare. Yet civil servants must be skill...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Jakarta
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/643861542638957994/Mapping-Indonesia-s-Civil-Service http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31017 |
| Summary: | Indonesia’s civil service has expanded
by 25 percent in the last 12 years, which presents
opportunities for the government of Indonesia (GoI) to work
toward the goal of reducing poverty and enhancing social
welfare. Yet civil servants must be skilled, knowledgeable,
and effective at their jobs to maximize their contribution
to society and the economy. This report examines an original
data set constructed from GoI data on all the country’s
active civil servants to examine personal characteristics
including age, gender, education level (which proxies for
skill), and promotions. It addresses two important
questions: 1. Are highly skilled and knowledgeable workers
currently being attracted, recruited, and promoted?; 2. Are
civil servants from historically underrepresented groups,
including women, being given equal opportunities for
advancement and promotion? The study recommends government
action in three policy areas: 1. Increase promotion
opportunities for women and increase their overall
representation in senior positions; 2. Distribute skilled
civil servants more evenly throughout the country by
improving the incentives for highly skilled service
providers to rotate into poor and remote regions; 3. Plan
for the upcoming wave of retirements within the civil
service by recruiting more women from top universities and
hiring medical and teaching staff only from licensed and
accredited institutions. |
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