1. The views expressed in this chapter are the authors’ and should not be attributed to the official position of either the United Nations or the Commonwealth Secretariat. Neither of the two organisations should be held liable for residual errors. It should be noted that this chapter is an abbreviated version of a paper presented at the 19th Roundtable of the African Association for Public Administration and Management, held in Gaborone, Botswana, 27 November–2 December 1997.
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