Mapping Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations in Asia and the Pacific by Asian Development Bank;

Author:Asian Development Bank;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Asian Development Bank Institute
Published: 2016-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Source: Asian Development Bank.

The small size of the population and, consequently, the small number of citizens who are able to achieve a high standard of education and qualification limit the government’s ability to improve human capacity within the public service. The core administration demonstrates weak capacity in ensuring quality and effectiveness in policy and regulatory management. Cabinet decisions and policy announcements are sometimes dropped or otherwise not implemented. Changes of government also result in policy disruptions and changes. With a small government administration, business processes contain fewer decision layers; however, the capacity to manage these processes is insufficient.

Audits and other checks and balances on executive power exist but are sometimes ineffective. External accountability mechanisms are also present, but have inadequate resources and authority. Independent audits are conducted, but findings are not always followed up or implemented. External audit reports largely focus on finances and inputs rather than on performance and quality of service delivery. The Freedom House, a US-based independent watchdog organization, states that Tuvalu is one of the few countries in the Pacific islands where corruption is not a serious problem. This has been attributed to the small size of Tuvalu’s population and close ties within the communities that provide some deterrent against unethical behavior.

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