Public Private Partnerships in education do not just involve technical decisions over financing, risk-sharing and service delivery. They require careful consideration of how authority and control are divided between the state and private providers, and for how long. Understanding and navigating this politics is critical to effective implementation and long-term sustainability. Nigeria’s Edo State illustrates how and why.

नेपालको निजामती सेवाले नागरिकहरूको भन्दा बढी राजनीतिक दलहरूको सेवा गर्छ र त्यसले वृद्धि तथा विकासलाई सुस्त बनाउँछ । अहिलेको नयाँ सरकारसामु निजामती सेवाको राजनीतिकरणलाई अन्त्य गर्दै प्रगतिशील परिवर्तनलाई प्रवर्धन गर्ने अभूतपूर्व अवसर आएको छ । यो मौका चुकाउने हो भने नेपाल उही न्यून वृद्धि र विकास तथा उच्च आप्रवासनको चक्रमा फँसिरहने छ । ठुलो सङ्ख्यामा निजामती कर्मचारीहरू दक्ष, इमान्दार तथा लगनशील छन् तर मौजुदा संरचनाले उनीहरूलाई यिनै गुणका लागि दण्डित गर्छ । देशले फड्कोमार्नका लागि निजामती सेवामा विद्यमान राजनीतिक पक्षलाई प्रत्यक्ष रूपमा सम्बोधन गर्नु अत्यावश्यक छ ।

Nepal’s civil service serves political parties more than the people – and it is a drag on growth and development. The new government has a once-in-a-generation chance to depoliticise the civil service and catalyse progressive change. Missing it risks keeping Nepal stuck in a low-growth, low-development, high-migration loop. Many civil servants are skilled, honest and motivated, but the system punishes those traits. For change to happen, the political dimensions of the civil service need to be explicitly addressed. – By Open PEA