Incentive Structure, Civil Service Efficiency and the Hidden Economy in Nigeria

Mohammed Salisu

No DP2001-86, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Successive governments in Nigeria have introduced reforms aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the civil service. Still, the service remains inefficient and incapable of reforming itself, let alone the rest of the economy. Corruption has become an endemic feature of public sector activities, with the oil booms and busts distorting the incentive structures of civil servants and other agents in the economy. It is estimated that the 'hidden' economy now comprises the bulk of economic activity.

Keywords: Labour market; Corruption; Public administration; Wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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