Puntland Government Pay and Grading Reform
The Federal Republic of Somalia received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Somalia Capacity Injection Project. The World Bank worked with the Federal Government of Somalia and the Government of Puntland State of Somalia to develop the Capacity Injection Project to support the flagship programme. A key component of the project sought to improve policies and procedures for civil service management including development of public sector pay and grading policy and implementation plan to include reclassification of civil service jobs and implementation of pay and grading reforms. This necessitated the provision of technical assistance to establish civil service jobs (establishment posts) across ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) on the basis of clear organizational mandates, optimal structures and functional responsibilities.
The objective of the assignment was to carry out a combination of field work and diagnostic analysis of public sector pay and grading trends and living standard assessment in Somalia and propose solutions that would provide adequate incentive for improved performance of civil servants and also enable efficient and effective management of public government’s wage bill as aligned to national strategies and development aspirations to promote sustainable growth.
The pay and grading assignment focused on identification of strengths and weaknesses of existing compensation and incentive structures, systems and processes. The team also undertook analysis of information from the labor market and review of existing reports of government on pay and grading options, salary harmonization, recurrent cost and reform financing (RCRF) and other remuneration policies and packages administered by international development partners in Somalia. The proposed solutions took account of labor market realities in East Africa and other regions, and pay and grading practices and reform in fragile and conflict affected countries with similar development characteristics.
Somalia
18-0258-000-SOM-PUNT-WB-P_G