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Volume 12, Number 4, April 2015 (Serial Number 114)

Jour nal of US-China

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Journal of US-China

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Volume 12, Number 4, April 2015 (Serial Number 114)

Contents

Local Government and Democracy

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) XII: Programs and Performance 255

Ernie C. Cerado, Cielito E. Llano

Knowledge and Perceptions on Urban Health Hazards in Zambia: A Case Study of

Kitwe District 262

Cecilia Muchepa Muzyamba

Professionalization and Public Service Career in Mexico—Toward a Policy of Urgent State 273

Roberto Moreno Espinosa, Oscar Mauricio Covarrubias Moreno

Management Issues and Practice

The Talents as the Most Valuable Intangible Assets of the Company 282

Andrzej Janowski

Assessing Emotional Intelligence Competencies in Public Sector Petroleum Companies

in Egypt 290

Hazem Halim, Karim Salem, Omnia Hassan

Study on Authoritarian Leader-Member Relationship 304

Pingping Liu, Hui Wang

Economic Development and Barriers

The Effectiveness of SMEs Business Sector in AP Vojvodina 314

Vera Zelenović, Dragan Lukač

Economic Barriers and Determinants of Employment Rate Changes in the Eastern

Wielkopolska Region 325

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Journal of US-China Public Administration, April 2015, Vol. 12, No. 4, 255-261 doi: 10.17265/1548-6591/2015.04.001

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) XII:

Programs and Performance

Ernie C. Cerado

Sultan Kudarat State University, Tacurong City, Philippines

Cielito E. Llano

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines

This study focused on describing the implementation of PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) programs

and their performance in 2012. These programs were primarily referred to demand and supply reduction while

performance centered on community awareness and the agency accomplishments. Forty-two (42) staffs of PDEA

and 275 community members served as respondents of this inquiry. Essentially, a descriptive survey design was

used employing two sets of validated survey questionnaires to gather data. Findings revealed that PDEA programs

vis-à-vis demand reduction and supply reduction were well-implemented. Moreover, the respondents indicated that they were “aware” on dangerous drugs, controlled precursors and essential chemicals, provisions of the Comprehensive

Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, common causes of drug use and abuse, and adverse effect of dangerous drugs on

health. On agency accomplishments, PDEA XII records showed an average of 102 arrests annually. The agency

apprehended these drug criminals in 78 buy-bust operations; a total of 23,408 grams of drugs were seized, and used

as evidences in 145 cases filed in courts. Apparently, the use of the same vehicles both for intelligence operations

and anti-narcotic entrapment was the most serious problem of the agency. Finally, it was concluded that the

implementation of PDEA programs is highly related to community awareness but not to the agency performance.

Keywords: drug enforcement, law enforcement, Philippine Law, government programs, agency performance

The threat of drug problem cannot be simply miscalculated. Obviously, it is a global concern. In a recently posted World Drug Report 2014, it is pegged that “in 2012, between 3.5% and 7.0% of the world population aged 15-64, had used an illicit drug at least once in the previous year”. On the same period, approximately 183,000 drug-related deaths were reported corresponding to a mortality rate of 40 deaths per million among the population aged 15-64. It is also indicated that men are more likely to use drugs than women (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [UNODC], 2014).

As early as 1988, the United Nations General Assembly had already adopted a Political Declaration considering that “drugs affect all sectors of society in all countries”, particularly, “drug abuse affects the

Corresponding author: Ernie C. Cerado, Ph.D., assistant professor, Colleges of Teacher Education and Graduate Studies, Sultan Kudarat State University; research fields: mathematics education, educational management, and institutional development and management. E-mail: eccphd@yahoo.com.

Cielito E. Llano, Ph.D., acting deputy regional director for operations, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-ARMM); research fields: public management and institutional development. E-mail: cielito.llano@yahoo.com.

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freedom and development of young people, the world’s most valuable asset”. In said document, member states expressed their total resolve and commitment to combat the world drug problem through practical action and pooling of resources (United Nations General Assembly, 1998).

Moreover, at a special regional conference held in Myanmar, senior policy, law enforcement, and justice delegates cited that East and Southeast Asia continue to be the world’s largest markets for synthetic drugs. It was reported that early on 2008, a program was already initiated to enhance the capacity of states and authorities in these regions to generate, manage, analyze, report, and use synthetic drug and precursor information, and to apply this evidence-based knowledge to strategy, policy and program design, and implementation. Eleven countries in the region include the Philippines accept related assistance from UNODC

(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) through Global Smart1.

Apparently, the wrath of illicit drug activities is universal thus it did not spare the country. In a 2013 PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) Report, it cited that illegal drug trafficking remains as the most pervasive drug activity in the country. Accordingly, drug traffickers never stop discovering innovative ways to hide from viewing their illegitimate transactions and activities. Consistent with the world statistics, the account showed 86.60% of the personalities arrested related to drugs are male.

Besides, in 2006, a columnist even stated that illegal drug abuse in the country has reached epidemic. His claim was due primarily on observations that illegal drug trade penetrated as far as the police and military establishments. Men in uniforms are allegedly assisting in local ports on the transshipment of drugs to the US and from other countries in Asia. Politicians are even bribed of drug monies. Moreover, poor and affluent

family members alike go into drugs2.

Most recently, the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Economic Community (AEC) by 2015 came into being. As envisioned, the AEC will “transform ASEAN into a region with free movement of

goods, services, investment, skilled labour, and freer flow of capital”3. The realization of the new regional order

might as well promote the proliferation of illegal drug industry at its full in Southeast Asia.

Understanding the state of illegal drugs at the macro level, and the new economic order in progress may not be sufficient. Nonetheless, it is still significant and more logical to examine more specifics of the issue. Locally, the PDEA is the lead government agency that addresses the drug problems (RA 9165—Republic Act No. 9165). Regional offices are likewise set up nationwide to implement the agency major programs.

The accomplishments of the PDEA programs with the coordination of the community and other sectors of society can be further supported if the justice system is also doing its role. The drug law enforcement operations are a reflection that the agency is doing its duties and responsibilities, which could lead to the prosecution of drug cases. Additionally, prosecution of drug cases and conviction of criminals may be impossible without the cooperation of the community (Reyes, 2008). How successful PDEA Region XII did its mandates and performed as an agency in order to eradicate the illicit drug problems in local setting would be the core of this inquiry.

In particular, the study had contemplated on the following objectives:

(1) Determining the implementation of PDEA programs relative to demand reduction and supply reduction; (2) Assessing the community’s level of awareness on dangerous drugs and controlled precursors and

1 Retrieved from http://www.unodc.org. 2

Retrieved from http://www.mabuhayradio.com.

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essential chemicals, provisions of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, common causes of drug use/abuse, and adverse effect on health of using dangerous drugs;

(3) Describing the agency’s accomplishments in terms of arrests, drug law enforcement operations, and cases filed in court;

(4) Relating the implementation of PDEA programs to the agency’s performance; (5) Finding out the problems met by PDEA in the implementation of its programs.

Conceptual Framework

RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 provided for the creation of PDEA that was mandated to curb problems relating to illegal drugs. The programs and activities undertaken by the agency are primarily based on its vision, mission, core values, objectives, and strategies that can be lumped into reducing supply and reducing demand (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency [PDEA], 2009).

Independent Variable Dependent Variables

Figure 1. Conceptual paradigm.

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This study relies on the premise that effective implementation of PDEA programs is associated to its performance. As the conceptual paradigm in Figure 1 shows, the independent variables in the study are the PDEA programs of demand reduction and supply reduction. Demand reduction consists of information campaign and inter-agency collaboration as sub-variables. Conversely, supply reduction consists of intelligence operations, narcotics investigation, and compliance investigation.

The dependent variable is PDEA’s performance as measured by the level of community awareness, and agency accomplishments like number of arrests effected, number of drug law enforcement operations, amount of drugs seized, and the number of cases filed in court.

Methodology

In realizing the foregoing ends, a region-wide study was effectively undertaken in 2012 to include the provinces of Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sarangani, and North Cotabato, and the city of General Santos.

Aptly, the descriptive survey method of research was chosen since it involved depicting the existing status of a program and its performance and that necessary data were obtained through survey means and documentary analysis. Moreover, this investigation made use of purposive and random sampling schemes in getting the number of respondents from the agency and the community, respectively. Thus, a total of 42 PDEA employees coming from the regional office, provincial and city posts, and another 275 respondents representing various sectors of the community such as the youth, professionals, law enforcers, elderly, and business people were considered.

In gathering the needed data, two sets of questionnaires were originally developed by the researcher. Additionally, experts from the academe and the agency were tapped to duly validate the contents of said instruments. To ensure reliability, a try-out was also administered to 50 community members that actually produced a Cronbach alpha of 0.79 suggesting its acceptability.

In particular, the first set was intended for PDEA personnel that basically solicited information on the two essential programs, namely: supply reduction and demand reduction. Respondents have evaluated pertinent indicators of the program utilizing a rating scale as: 5 (Outstanding), 4 (Very Satisfactory), 3 (Satisfactory), 2 (Fair), and 1 (Poor).

On the other hand, the second set was designed for the community members in gathering facts relative to their awareness level. Respondents evaluated each indicator following a rating scale as: 5 (Fully Aware), 4 (Aware), 3 (Moderately Aware), 2 (Unaware), and 1 (Fully Unaware). Documentary analysis was used as well in collecting data on agency accomplishments derived from official records such as number of arrests affected, number of drug law enforcement operations, amount of drugs seized, and the number of cases filed in court.

In data gathering, the researcher merely adopted the herein flow chart as shown (see Figure 2).

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Figure 2. Data gathering flow chart.

Results and Discussions

With the foregoing methodologies, the study derived these major findings:

PDEA Program Implementation

(1) On demand reduction program, both information campaigns (M = 4.17, sd = 0.22) and inter-agency collaboration activities (M = 4.02, sd = 0.08) were found to be implemented at “very satisfactory” level;

(2) Likewise, supply reduction program was also implemented consistently at “very satisfactory” level as shown by these means and deviations: intelligence operations (M = 4.11, sd = 0.08), narcotics investigations (M = 4.23, sd = 0.13), and conduct of compliance investigations (M = 4.00, sd = 0.16);

(3) By and large, the PDEA programs on demand and supply reduction were found to be well-implemented.

Community Awareness

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(2) The community members rated their awareness on the provisions of RA 9165 as “aware” (M = 3.95, sd = 0.35);

(3) In terms of common causes of drug use/abuse, they gave the same rating of “aware” (M = 4.05, sd = 0.04);

(4) In terms of adverse effects on health of using dangerous drugs, the community members gave a rating of “aware” (M = 4.03, sd = 0.08);

(5) In general, the community was found to have knowledge and understanding of the dangerous drugs and controlled precursors and essential chemicals, provisions of RA 9165, common causes of drug use/abuse, and adverse effects on health of using dangerous drugs (M = 4.01, sd = 0.37).

Agency Accomplishments

(1) In five local government units in Region XII involved in the study, the PDEA had arrested a total of 102 groups/persons in 2012;

(2) The agency had apprehended the foregoing drug criminals from the 78 buy-bust operations conducted during the year;

(3) From these operations, a total of 23,408 grams of drugs were seized and used as evidences in litigation; (4) Seized drugs were included in the evidence for the 145 cases filed in court by the agency against drug criminals.

PDEA Programs and Performance

(1) It was found out that the implementation of PDEA programs and the level of community awareness

were significantly related (rcomp = 0.95 > rtab(0.05) = 0.8114);

(2) Contrary, the implementation of PDEA programs was not related to the agency performance, such as

average number of arrests (rcomp = 0.41), buy-bust operations (rcomp = 0.56), amount of drugs seized (rcomp =

0.62), and cases filed in court (rcomp = 0.47).

Major Problems of PDEA

(1) Vehicles for intelligence and anti-narcotic entrapment operations are the same. This resulted to the drug criminals’ familiarity and easy recognition of the same that prompted them to escape and eventually evade arrest during operations;

(2) PDEA agents are less effective due to work burnout. It happened most likely when same agents did tiresome multitasking responsibilities like clerical works, field operations, and appearing in courts during litigation;

(3) Clogging of drug cases in courts leads to slow resolution of crimes. Aside from the many criminal and civil cases being filed in courts every day, the drug cases are added to the bulk causing further congestion of unresolved cases.

Conclusions and Recommendations

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conducted, and cases filed in courts. It was also verified that the implementation of PDEA programs was related to the awareness level of the community. Nevertheless, said program implementation was proven not related to agency accomplishments.

Considering the results of the study, it is recommended that relevant and sufficient budget may be appropriated to PDEA by Congress for the purpose of increasing its manpower, procuring the necessary and proper vehicles, conducting more anti-drug campaigns and advocacies, as well as providing professional development opportunities to personnel. It is equally important to consider establishing a special court to exclusively attend to all drug-related cases for a speedy yet judicious resolution of the same. Another study is likewise suggested to perhaps explore the apparent effect of government allocation to drug-related crimes.

References

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Illegal-drug abuse now an epidemic in the Philippines. (2008). Retrieved from http://www.mabuhayradio.com KidsHealth Organization. (2010). Know drugs. Retrieved from http://kidshealth.org

National Drug Intelligence Center. (2006). The impact of drugs on society. Retrieved from http://www.justice.gov PDEA Annual Report. (2010). PDEA Academy, Camp General Castañeda, Cavite, Philippines.

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). (2009). PDEA Modules. PDEA Academy, Camp General Castañeda, Cavite, Philippines.

Republic Act No. 9165. (2007). Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. Retrieved from http://en.wikipilipinas.org Reyes, D. (2008). Prosecution in the Philippines. Retrieved from http://www.article2.org

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Knowledge and Perceptions on Urban Health Hazards in Zambia:

A Case Study of Kitwe District

Cecilia Muchepa Muzyamba

Zambian Open University, Lusaka, Zambia

Knowledge and perceptions of urban health hazards may vary in different communities. An attempt was made to

study the levels of knowledge and perceptions on urban health hazards in Zambia: a case study of Kitwe District.

The study was done in Nkana West, Chimwemwe, and Saint Anthony (St. Anthony). The respondents in these

areas identified the following factors as being hazardous: air pollution, promiscuous behavior, sanitation, poor

houses, solid and faecal waste management, noise, lack of recreational facilities, inadequate food supplies, life

styles, and overcrowdings. The study revealed that 98% of respondents knew at least a health hazard while 2% of

them did not know of any. Of the 98%, there were 39.6% responses indicated that air pollution was the most

hazardous followed by unhygienic environments with 35.9%. Promiscuous behavior, inadequate food supply, and

garbage (solid waste) disposal with 32.1%, 30.2%, and 28.3%, respectively, were some of the most common. The

responses given were related to the socio-economic status of the sample areas. The respondents were of the

perception that the government was to blame over the rates of air pollution and sanitation. However, some

respondents acknowledged the blame of disposing solid waste in undesignated areas. The promiscuous behavior

was attributed to inadequate recreation facilities, unemployment, and a lot of beer outlets. There was therefore,

need for government through the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Kitwe City Council (KCC) to carry basic

health campaigns on the environmental health hazards. The construction of houses should be monitored by the

housing (buildings) department of the KCC in order to avoid people putting up buildings where the drainage canals

are supposed to pass. This would help minimize water logging.

Keywords: hazard, health, knowledge, perceptions, urban

Urban health is threatened amidst a lot of activities as people try to fend for themselves. Health is cardinal in order for the country to develop its all spheres. Therefore, in 1994, the World Health Organization (WHO) came up with the campaign for the “health for all” (Government of the Republic of Zambia and United Nations Development Programme [GRZ & UNDP], 2013). This was after realization that any country cannot prosper with a sickly population as financial capital would be diverted toward the procurement of drugs and provision of holistic health care delivery. The urban health hazards are not only a challenge to national development but also potential threats to human wellbeing.

Urban health hazards in Zambia are numerous and these need to be addressed if people’s lives are to be safe guarded. Some of the health hazards the people of Zambia are faced with are: noise pollution, road

Corresponding author: Cecilia Muchepa Muzyamba, Ph.D. candidate and lecturer in geography, Zambian Open University, Lusaka, Zambia; research fields: spatial and temporal distribution of diseases (medical geography), geography of ageing and eco-tourism, and spatial development initiatives (SDIs). E-mail: ceciliamuchepa@yahoo.com.

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accidents, water pollution, overcrowding (in homes and communities), poor sanitation, lack or inadequate food supplies, air pollution, and urban life styles of the people. Urban life styles are perceived as health hazards due to their dietary patterns (Akhtar, 1988). Chanda (2004) states that in metallurgical and mine operations, there are variations in the concentration of sulphur gas emissions. These vary from mine to mine and time to time. However, whatever the quantity, they still have repurcations on the health of the people and also on the biodiversity. This means that the Copperbelt of Zambia is greatly affected since copper is the chief foreign exchange earner.

The study was done in Kitwe—the hub of the Copperbelt. The town is centrally located in the region and all routes from parts of the Copperbelt converge here (see Figure 1).

Figure 1. Map showed the location of Kitwe on the Copperbelt. Source: Google Maps Data (2015).

Kitwe is located at 12o49’ South and 28o12’ East. The town was founded in 1936 and attained a city status

in 1966. Kitwe is the second fastest growing district after Mpongwe with an annual growth rate of 3.2% and has the largest population of 517,543 people (Central Statistical Office [CSO], 2012, p. 15). The district has a

land area of 777 km2 and this translates to a population density of 666.1/km2. It is the highest densely populated

of all the 10 Copperbelt districts as illustrated in Table 1.

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The study focused on Kitwe as it is one of the most industrious and densely populated area on the Copperbelt. Three residential areas were selected under the classification of high, medium, and low cost housing units. These have an inverse correlation with population sizes. The sample areas were Nkana West, Chimwemwe, and Saint Anthony (St. Anthony), respectively. Other than this categorization, these areas are of different socio-economic statuses. St. Anthony is a squatter settlement with a population of low income levels, Chimwemwe is a city council residential area with a population of medium income levels, and Nkana West is a mine township with at least high income levels.

Table 1

Population Distribution of the Copperbelt Districts

District Population Area (km2) Population density (population /km2)

Chililabombwe 91,883 1,026 89.5

Chingola 216,626 1,678 129.1

Kalulushi 100,381 725 138.5

Kitwe 517,543 777 666.1

Luanshya 156,059 811 192.4

Lufwanyama 78,503 9,849 8.0

Masaiti 103,857 5,383 19.3

Mpongwe 93,380 8,339 11.2

Mufulira 162,889 1,637 99.5

Ndola 451,246 1,103 409.1

Note. Source: Central Statistical Office (CSO) (2012, p. 17).

Statement of the Problem

There are gaps in urban health hazards in Zambia as not much research has been done in relation to the subject. However, vigorous research has been done on health, health safety, and risks. The people could have knowledge on the urban health hazards but perceive them differently. Therefore, this study wanted to establish the knowledge and perceptions of the people of Kitwe on urban health hazards.

Methodology

An interview schedule was used to obtain information from the households that were purposely chosen. These interviews drew information on the respondents’ background, knowledge, and perceptions on urban health hazards.

Sample Areas and Sample Size

Three areas were selected according to socio-economic and designations of squatter, council, and mine townships. The sample areas were St. Anthony, Chimwemwe, and Nkana West, and the sample sizes were 19, 17, and 17 households, respectively.

Results and Discussion

Sample Characteristics

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Table 2 shows that 41.5% of the respondents were males and 58.5% of them were females. Nkana West had the biggest number of females who indicated that the males were at work.

Table 2

Respondents by Gender

Gender Whole sample St. Anthony Chimwemwe Nkana West

Frequency Percent (%) Frequency Percent (%) Frequency Percent (%) Frequency Percent (%)

Male 22 41.5 9 17.0 8 15.1 5 9.4

Female 31 58.5 10 18.8 9 17.0 12 22.7

Total 53 100.0 19 35.8 17 32.1 17 32.1

Note. Source: Field Data (2014).

The average level of education was secondary but 29.4% of the respondents from Nkana West (15.1%) and the respondents from Chimwemwe (11.3%) were well above the average. This meant that they were well-educated to the level where they were able to make rational decisions about their wellbeing. Those in St. Anthony have only attained up to secondary education level (see Table 3).

Table 3

Respondents’ Education Levels

Education level Whole sample St. Anthony Chimwemwe Nkana West

Frequency Percent (%) Frequency Percent (%) Frequency Percent (%) Frequency Percent (%)

None 1 1.9 1 1.9 0 0 0 0

Primary 12 22.6 6 11.3 4 7.6 2 3.8

Secondary 26 49.1 12 22.6 7 13.2 7 13.2

College 12 22.6 0 0 5 9.4 7 13.2

University 2 3.8 0 0 1 1.9 1 1.9

Total 53 100 19 35.8 17 31.1 17 31.1

Note. Source: Field Data (2014).

Knowledge About Urban Health Hazards

The survey revealed that 98% of the respondents knew about the urban health hazards while 2% did not know of any. The hazards that were identified were:

(1) Sanitation: This was attributed to poor drainage system that left a lot of stagnant water, poor garbage disposal, and lack of/inadequate toilets;

(2) Unhygienic environmental conditions; (3) Inadequate water supply;

(4) Noise, water, and air pollution; (5) Improper housing units;

(6) Too many alcoholic outlets and night clubs; (7) Accidents;

(8) Overcrowding;

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(11) Use of contraceptives;

(12) Inadequate or lack of formal education; (13) Poisonous plants.

The respondents were asked to mention multiple health hazards they knew, from the information in Table 4, 39.6% of the responses indicated that unhygienic environments were a great hazard to people’s health; while 35.9% of the responses showed that air pollution was equally a big concern. Promiscuous behavior, inadequate food supply, and poor garbage disposal were also ranked high in their contribution toward the health risks of the people of Kitwe. Out of all the known health hazards, the respondents’ prioritized them as follows (see Table 5):

Table 4

Respondents’ Knowledge of Urban Health Hazards

Urban health hazard Frequency of the responses Percentage (%)

Poor drainage 8 15.1

Inadequate food 16 30.2

Unhygienic environments 21 35.9

Poor garbage disposal 15 28.3

Unemployment 7 13.2

Promiscuous behavior 17 32.1

Inadequate water supply 5 9.4

Other hazards 21 39.6

Note. Source: Field Data (2014).

Table 5

Respondents’ Order of the Most Common Urban Health Hazards

S/No. Urban health hazard Frequency Percentage (%)

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Air Pollution

According to the Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ, 2005), it defines air pollution as the presence of any chemical, physical, and biological agent that modifies the natural air condition of the atmosphere. The most widespread types of pollutants are ozone (smog) and particle (soot) that are accompanied by other serious pollutants such as carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, and toxins like mercury, arsenic, benzene, and formaldehyde. Air pollution is detrimental to life. These pollutants have the capacity of making the population sick from various diseases such as neural disorders (lead and benzene) and respiratory disorders (carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide) (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety [CCOHS], 2013; Lusakatimes.com, 2012).

In 1922 and 1950, Poga-Rica suffered air pollution that was caused by an accident from an oil refinery plant. This accident killed and sickened workers and residents. In 1950, there was London smog that left 4,700 people dead. The smog was caused by industrial smoke and sulphur dioxide (Burton, Kates, & White, 1978). Air pollution can also take the form of thermal pollution due to atmospheric interferences by the aviation industry and volcanic eruptions in areas where such happen. The frequency of planes is ever increasing worldwide. Zambia may seem not to have her own airline, but has quite a number of international airlines that use her air space and air ports. Therefore, this also contributes to air pollution.

Zambia is basically a copper mining country and Kitwe houses one of the underground mines where copper is mined and processed. During the processing of this copper, sulphur monoxide is emitted and this transforms into sulphur dioxide after oxidation. This gas has a number of effects on the population and the environment. The pungent smell causes respiratory irritation that causes repeated coughing, skin and eyes irritation, nasal and throat mucus membrane corrosion. The effect on the environment is intense during the rainy season as acid rain is produced. This not only kills the plants but also pollutes the ground. Nkana West which is close to the Nkana mine suffers these effects. That is why 82.4% of the respondents in this residential area ranked air pollution as a major health hazard whilst the respondents of Chimwemwe and St. Anthony ranked promiscuous behavior (17.7%) and sanitation (29.4%), respectively, as major health hazards. Only 5.9% of the respondents in Chimwemwe and St. Anthony knew that air pollution was detrimental to their health. This shows that despite the two residential areas being closer to Mindolo shaft, the residents did not experience air pollution as much as those in Nkana West. Figure 2 shows smoke being emitted into the atmosphere in Kitwe. One dimension of pollution that has been neglected is indoor air pollution. This affects the quality of the air indoors and this is by far the most deadly risk globally (Wikipedia, retrieved March 18, 2015). A major source of indoor pollution in developing countries like Zambia is the burning of biomass (wood, charcoal, and crop residue) for cooking and heating. This was common in St. Anthony and parts of Chimwemwe townships. Nkana West residents supplement their electric source of energy with charcoal.

Promiscuous Behavior

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promiscuous behavior and only 21% perceived it as a health hazard. In Nkana West, 18% of the respondents had knowledge about promiscuous behavior and only 6% of them perceived it as a health hazard. The results indicate the inverse relationship between the socio-economic statuses of the residential areas and the occurrence of promiscuous behavior.

Figure 2. Air pollution in Kitwe. Source: Google Maps Data (2015).

Poor Sanitation

Sanitation is a broader aspect as it encompasses a lot of things such as waste, drainage, toilets, nature of housing units, ventilation, and water sources, to mention just some.

Waste Disposal

There are two types of waste the study brought to the fore and these are: the faecal waste and solid waste. The faecal waste occurs as a result of old pipes and manholes bursting and overflowing respectively. This scenario was common in Chimwemwe and Nkana West. St. Anthony had a different problem and this was that of inadequate pit latrines. Households shared these facilities. The areas where the some houses have been constructed are so small such that they cannot accommodate even a small pit latrine. To some extent, other people defecate in plastics or opaque beer containers which they throw on garbage heaps. This situation is a volatile health hazard. Solid waste disposal has become an environmental issue as local councils and Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ) have discouraged the burning of refuse in compounds by households.

Through the Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), solid waste disposal is management by a lot of stake holders who have come on board. The refuse was collected after a waste management fee had been paid to the company. The scenario was same country wide. However, in Kitwe, not every resident had the capacity to pay for the service. Some of them resorted to indiscriminate disposal of garbage thereby enhancing the sanitation problem (see Figure 3).

Poor Drainage

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Figure 3. Solid waste disposal. Source: Field Data (2014).

Figure 4. Water logged area in Kitwe. Source: Field Data (2014).

Types of Houses

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Water Sources

The residents use different sources of water. Most households in Nkana West have piped water supply within their premises, while some in St. Anthony use communal taps and shallow wells. In Chimwemwe, due to clogging of the some pipes, water is a challenge to residents in that they have to depend on the few that are running (see Figure 5).

Figure 5. Women drawing water from a communal water source. Source: Field Data (2014).

Perceptions on the Urban Health Hazards

The respondents perceived the urban health hazards as a result of negligence of the local authority’s failure to put things in perspective in order to better their (respondents) lives. In Chimwemwe, the respondents blamed the city council, the Nkana Water and Sewerage Company (NWSC), and the government at large for the deterioration of the environmental conditions. However, they acknowledged responsibility over enhancing the illegal waste disposal in undesignated sites. Meanwhile, the respondents from St. Anthony and Nkana West blamed the mine authorities for air pollution.

Air Pollution

Forty-two percent (42%) of the respondents attributed air pollution to the mine emissions, while 36% of them attributed the health hazards with air pollution from other sources such as combustion from the automobiles, burning of domestic refuse, domestic cooking fuels (charcoal and wood), and solid waste dumps within the residential areas.

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Another dimension to increased investment is the urban sprawl which has come with its own challenges. According to Palichino and Mollet (2003), they consider that transport is one of the major contributors to pollutants such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide, lead, and particulate matter. The WHO estimated that about “700,000 could be prevented in developing countries if pollutants were reduced to safer levels” (Palichino & Mollet, 2003, p. 8). A survey that was done in Benin to determine the motorbike drivers’ levels of carcinogenic pollution revealed that the pollution was high at cross roads and roundabouts. The main pollutants were benzene and ethyl benzene. These chemicals impact on the health of the people and cause short- and long-term effects such as tremors, drowsiness, dizziness, skin and eye irritation; and aneamia, infertility, and leukemia (cancer of the blood), respectively (American Cancer Society, 2013).

Promiscuous Behavior

Lack of recreation facilities, unemployment, lack of/inadequate food supplies were seen as reasons for illicit relationships and activities. These illicit relationships were done in order to raise money for food. The respondents blamed the city council for selling recreation parcels of land for residential plots and this resulted in inadequate or lack of recreation, especially the youths.

Beer drinking was identified as one of the sources of promiscuous behavior in St. Anthony and Chimwemwe. In these areas, there were also numerous bars and night clubs.

Poor Sanitation

The city council and NWSC are perceived to perpetuate the health hazards that the respondents identified and had knowledge about. The local council was expected to ensure and uphold sanitation levels by minimizing overcrowding in the compounds. This could be done by monitoring developmental projects in these areas to see if the residents were complying with the norms of construction.

Solid Waste Disposal

The garbage was disposed off indiscriminately. This caused it to be a health hazard. Flies and rodents found a niche in these heaps of garbage. These vectors were the carriers of bacteria and fleas that caused diarrhoeal diseases and plague, respectively. Combustion of the garbage produced odour that polluted the micro-atmosphere and also produced heat that contributed to thermal heating. Therefore, the houses that were located close to these places were heavily polluted. These areas of garbage were also breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Despite the Konkola Copper Mines carrying out the malaria control and eradication campaigns, the district was still prone to the disease (malaria).

Drainage

The Presidential Housing Initiative (PHI) of 1996 saw a lot of people in Zambia being empowered with houses as sitting tenants. The houses that belonged to the state and parastatals were sold off. This created the need for more housing units especially in the urban towns. Hunger for plots grew more and more, and infrastructural development more especially houses was on an upswing. Some houses have been constructed on road reserves and drainage areas that made it difficult for the Road Development Agency (RDA) to undertake road construction without issues of compensation. This had generally contributed to poor drainage.

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Conclusions

The study revealed that the socio-economic variations of the sample areas had influence on the knowledge and perceptions on urban health hazards. There was need to scale up or introduce health education campaigns on a number of health hazards such as need for sexual behavioral change and positive attitudes toward sanitation and pollution. In order to avoid water logging problem that is caused by the construction of houses on drainage sites and in dambos, the government through the Kitwe City Council (KCC) should monitor the allocation of plots and the construction of houses.

The PPPs should be encouraged and enhanced in order to improve sanitation and reduce pollution.

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Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS). (2013). Effects of sulphur oxide on health. Retrieved from http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/ chemicals/chemical profiles/ sulfurdi.Html

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Journal of US-China Public Administration, April 2015, Vol. 12, No. 4, 273-281 doi: 10.17265/1548-6591/2015.04.003

Professionalization and Public Service Career in

Mexico—Toward a Policy of Urgent State

Roberto Moreno Espinosa

Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Toluca, Mexico

Oscar Mauricio Covarrubias Moreno UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

At present, the problems facing the process of professionalization and the introduction of professional service

career at the three levels of government in Mexico, in order to generalize the merit principle as the basis for entry

into the civil service, continue coating a large complexity in addition to resistance from state and municipal

governments. In this, it is argued that only through promoting a state policy on the matter involving stakeholders:

federal, state, and municipal governments, institutions forming higher education cadres for politics and public

administration at the institutions of national and state administration, specialists and civil society at the end, is how

it can shape a policy that will lead to greater professionalism and performance of cadres to serve the government,

given the challenges facing the country in the 21st century.

Keywords: professionalism, public service, government policy

Addressing issues about civil professionalization and career service in Mexico, continue to be topics of relevance, incompleteness, and source of expectations and frustrations, linked to the vicissitudes of changes every six years in the case of the federal government and the federal entities, in little more than 2,440 triennial municipalities in the country. This phenomenon resembles the fabric of Penelope, which is advanced in some years, was thrown overboard and start again with consequent losses in the capacities of government, public administration, and management, as well as the social cost that this represents and even in corruption indices that characterize the Mexican state not eventually be eliminated or at least alleviated. It is understood, to some extent, as a result of the political change that characterizes the country in the three tiers of government, however, even in the case of the same political party leading the country’s destiny from the presidential year, every six years’ settings do not wait regardless of job profiles and performance, which ends up being a practice that is identified by a characteristic of endemic of the political regime.

Corresponding author: Roberto Moreno Espinosa, Ph.D. in public administration, FCPyS-UNAM, career professor, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, President of the International Academy of Political and Administrative Sciences and Future Studies, C.A.; research fields: theory of public administration, professionalization of public service, management and administration of local governments. E-mail: roberto.moreno@iapas.mx.

Oscar Mauricio Covarrubias Moreno, Ph.D. in political and social sciences, UNAM, secretary general and researcher, University of Business and Pedagogic Development, Vice President of the International Academy of Political and Administrative Sciences and Future Studies, C.A.; research fields: government coordination and transversality, educational management, and public policy. E-mail: mauri@unam.mx.

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To explain the phenomenon briefly described, it is necessary to scrutinize the past, in order to highlight the foundation on which the political regime that emerged from the Mexican Revolution rises, since a little more than a decade of the third federal constitution legislate of Mexico Party antecedent of the Institutional

Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI) is founded, then the National Revolutionary

Party (Partido Nacional Revolucionario, PNR), which marked a milestone in stabilizing the turbulent situation

that the country went through in the second decade of the 20th century, takeoff of Mexican Presidentialism, as in the strengthening of the political class and the integrated main groups, whose political-administrative control lasted until well into the century quoted, which ran counter to the professionalization and conformation models of professional service career, since politicians favored the system of political spoils or patronage well above the merit principle, which resulted in a patrimonial administration handled and manipulated with high discretion, which clearly was antithetical to the high professionalism of tables serving government.

In the rest of the century, only incremental steps that favored the professionalization of cadres in the service of the federal public administration so focused in both the central public administration and the parastatal, notably in the foreign service in the armed forces took and in some areas of hacienda administration in the first, the second several decentralized agencies were favored as the authors will point out below, and more recently, the so-called independent agencies, have greater professionalism in the tables that comprise them,

such as National Human Rights Commission (Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos, CNDH), the Bank

of Mexico (Banco de México, BANXICO), the Federal Electoral Institute (Instituto Federal Electoral, IFE),

and the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, INEGI).

In this development, a brief analysis of the perspective that currently presents the professionalization of public service in Mexico, then raise to broadly outline the need for a national policy on professional status and public service career to the challenges, currently facing the Mexican Government finally developing a final thought and the authors include the sources of information used.

The Professionalism and Service Career in Mexico in Historical Perspective

Professionalization and the career service in Mexico have historically been linked to changes and political uncertainties, as well as the particularities and the prevailing political regime path. During the genesis, development and consolidation of the regime that emerged from the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917) has been one of the longest running at a global level, civil service professionalization and factors have not accounted for or priority areas in the political agenda—administrative, although they were not entirely ignored as discussed below.

It can be said that these factors became second or third place in inverse proportion to the consolidation of the political system right, which means that to the extent that it took hold, considered the relevance of implementing a model civil or professional career service within the scope of the federal government, at the state level of government, administration and management, or local government, it could transform more of a hindrance than an achievement or goal priority to the interests of the political class.

Thus, the merit system as a resource or model for recruiting and professionalizing the administrative cadres to serve the state and fundamental pillars for the purposes of this screened by the political class and the

political party that eventually became the hegemonic Party of the Mexican Revolution (Partido de la

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rule rather than exception. Other problems were elevated in priority such as the country’s reconstruction, political stabilization, or pacification, given the same multiplicity of groups, factions, parties, and other political forces of all sizes prevailing at the time.

However, it is very significant that in the first years of the regime of the revolution, it has been legislated on civil service, as demonstrated by the initiative of President Abelardo L. Rodríguez, the third of the presidents better known as “the cactus”, Emilio Portes Gil and Pascual Ortiz Rubio before him—who managed

to stay in office over six years, space-time described as “the maximato or pelelismo” (1929-1934).

It is notable that one political group had in mind and plans the need to promote civil service, perhaps as a device for projecting system and strengthen institutions and protect from attempts to return to warlordism, crass

attempt, since it is lived the period cited maximato—the power behind the throne, the initiative of the Civil

Service Law Career transformed not only unheeded, but the starting point of a simulation exercise which lasted

until the end of century, since the modernization Program of the Federal Public Administration (The Programa

para la Modernización de la Administración Pública, PROMAP) launched during the administration headed by Ernesto Zedillo, it has as one of its essential points—the establishment of a civil service career, which eventually became an exercise, more simulation chronic announced long lasting. In the particular case, it is worth remembering the struggle or controversy that was evident between the Ministry of Finance and the then Ministry of Comptrollership and Administrative Development which sought to launch and control the civil service model, which resulted long to give the design and implementation of a model of civil service and lay a more solid foundation for real and high professionalization of cadres to serve the federal government.

Retaking the initiative of President Rodriguez and its ineffectiveness, is evidence that the political regime became aware promptly of strength rising, which meant that a system of materialized merit in a model of civil service would lead to delimiting the cake out gradually, and to that extent, limiting the possibilities of placing the friend, the family member, and regime stalwarts to the relevant posts and positions beyond their training and eventual performance.

A Model of Career Civil Service soon became dysfunctional in the regime and on the other side of the coin, a disgrace to the country, since it was not possible to lay the foundation to build a highly professional public service and if this scenario occurred in the area of federal government, what happened in the governments and administrations of the federal states was only diminished, deformed, and report of the federal model replica, given the increase in the strength of Mexican Presidentialism, do not forget that governments and state government were an extension of the central government and to which he was not allowed to shine, add to, or try to increase their autonomy and, of course, think of originality as to introduce a merit system or public service career in their bodies.

As relates to municipal ordinance regarding the promotion of the merit system and outlining a professionalization of these pictures, it was all but impossible, since the situation that enveloped him was

synonymous with neglect, desolation, ninguneo, and absolute subordinated genuine disaster area; remember

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With the neglect and abandonment of the town, historic opportunities not only to achieve a more comprehensive development and have laid a firmer foundation to limit human bloodletting that has meant emigration, primarily to the American Union were lost, and have managed to deploy local potential.

In this scenario, professionalization of cadres in the service of the city administration became a diffuse object and short range. In sum, the municipal public administration fell into a scenario where improvisation of merit system as a mechanism for the recruitment and development of staff at your service almost was discarded; in return, the loot system laid its real, while at the time still abounds at home in most of the municipalities, except those where local legislation on public service professionalism and begins to have some effect as in the case of Yucatán and Zacatecas, to cite two examples.

The simulation exercise to which the authors refer came to an end in the area of federal civil service in April 2003, with the promulgation and publication in the Official Gazette of the Law on Public Service Career of the Federal Public Administration, raising more than a few expectations of progress to a real professionalization and establishment of the merit system in the form of a model of Public Service Race, however, it seems that the simulation exercise just changed clothes since the model has been short-sighted, the most unfortunate thing is that in the last four years of the six-year period headed by Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, the mechanism of recruitment of cadres predominantly verified through the application of Article 34 which gives rise to senior officers to recruit cadres at their convenience, which means neither more nor less than a system of legalized plunder and may eventually be worse than the old system of open loot. Of course, we must also admit that it has incorporated the federal public administration boxes highly.

It is also appropriate to make a brief allusion to those experiences where professionalism and models of civil service have driven that represent the other side of the coin: these experiences are, in essence, the following: (1) foreign service; (2) teaching career, currently being reformed; (3) Vocational Training Institute of the Attorney General of the Federal District: recruitment and selection; (4) Training Institute of the Attorney General’s Office; (5) professionalism in the provision of electoral services by the Executive Director of the

Professional electoral service of the Federal Electoral Institute (Instituto Federal Electoral, IFE), now the

National Electoral Institute (Instituto Nacional Electoral, INE); (6) hydraulic system specialists at the National

Water Commission; (7) professionalization of public servants in the agrarian; (8) Integral System Professionalization: The experience of the INEGI; and (9) Service Tax Administration (SAT).

In sum, the balance left us a brief retrospective analysis about the professionalism and the public and civil service career in Mexico, allows us to glimpse the need for professionalism and high performance public administration government and has been a constant need, if anything, intensified in some areas, items, or functions, or as a result of various reforms that have been printed for public administration. With regard to the civil service, evidence of multiple attempts to establish it, however, fundamentally political reasons and preservation needs of the corporate client regime eventually stop.

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Current Perspective of Professionalization in Mexico

As the arrival of the 21st century, Mexico on professionalism and career public service was low key and alternating conditions imposed that would transit presaged a scene clean slate; it was expected that if traditionally every presidential change many pictures of the so-called middle managers and above were

changed with the arrival of the National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional, PAN) to the federal

government, the removal would be even greater, as indeed happened, so he forced the departure of many high performance frames that obviously were not protected by an outline or model of professional career service. At the time, he went to the process of recruiting firms that will track potential talent for adding to the federal public service of the new regime, from the level of secretary of state to heads of departments, as well as recruit cadres from the private sector and the business world for the same purpose. It was well-shaped a new kind of public service where the definition of a mixed model that incorporated many criteria, styles, and ways to

manage the private sector in the public sphere is perceived; a sui generis management model was consistent

with the objectives of the new group and political class in power.

A strategy of professionalisation of pictures of the federal public administration was mainly attended by private institutions of higher education for development and implementation of training programs and update. With regard to civil or professional career service, quickly they held forums, debates, and proposals for the eventual implementation, which most strongly claimed was led by Senators Carlos Rojas and César Jáuregui, the proposal took the form of initiating a law which was discussed and approved by the chamber of origin, in this case, the senate which since 2002 sent to the House of Review, where was shelved in the first instance; however, the arrival of Deputy National Action Armando Salinas coordination of the Commission of Government and Public Security of the LVIII Legislature of the Chamber of Deputies, fundamentally promoted the adoption of the proposed law.

Notably, in March 2003, the Mexican Network of Professional Service organized a thorough discussion where involving national and international experts and representatives of the various parliamentary representation in the House of Representatives regarding the professionalization of public service in Mexico, where it was discussed and debated thoroughly regarding the urgent need to promote the professionalization of the civil service, in keeping with the needs and challenges facing the country, facing the start of the century, the results were very satisfactory, since that the measure of the Professional Civil Service of the Federal Public Administration gained unusual strength and was finally passed in the House of Representatives and signed by the federal government in April 2003, certainly raised before and after a series of questions and called attention around issues related to unprecedented scenario as well, David Arellano Gault said:

Transforming administrative culture accustomed to a high level of discretion of elected and appointed in the administration of human resources policy, is certainly one of the main obstacles. This adds to the fact that the separation of administrative and political career is still under construction… Finally, Arellano adds but not least important, Mexican-regulated system based on mistrust in simulation as a way of life in the enormous capacity to seek to modify the rules for their own benefit, make up the mosaic of challenges that they face. (Arellano Gault, 2008)

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experts, networks, institutions of higher education excellence, and in addition to the basic laws and regulations, including the current realities.

At the state and municipal level, the National Governors’ Conference (Conferencia Nacional de

Gobernadores, CONAGO) has discussed the need and relevance in developing and fostering the professionalization of cadres to their service, and the municipalities in several meetings, however, the task at both levels of government is still arduous, it is commendable that has been already defined strategies and programs to achieve such professionalism, which is still in process, it is essential to take appropriate measures to secure a national level such purposes.

The Professionalization of Public Service in Mexico: A Matter of National Interest

The transformations that characterize the country’s political, economic, and social spheres during the 21st century are of high caliber. In the first case, the political change was consolidated at the three levels of government in the Mexican federal government, which seemed unlikely so that started at the municipal level since the early 80s and late in the same state, finally at the end of the century takes place in the federal government, thus passing through new paths that conform, Bertha Lerner stands as a complex governance, in contrast to the authoritarian governance that preceded it, we find ourselves in an environment where the concept of divided government, characteristic of a society in which prevails categorically concrete reality in a party system in full swing.

In the economic sphere, the most intense phase where multiple free trade agreements were negotiated, to North, Central, South America, the European Union (EU), the Middle and the Far East, and had been overcome and that shows the transition from the which was a protectionist to a clear opening to the outside economy. In the 21st century, what mattered was a proper cope in highly competitive and competitive environment of globalization advances and globalization, an issue raised by a number of challenges in itself complex, as well as opportunities, however, the newcomer new political regime led by the PAN, it was not easy to adapt and deploy the potentials and capabilities required to navigate the turbulent waters evidencing trade liberalization, speculative movements, uneven and combined competence of international scenarios, question which did not escape the subnational and local governments.

In the social sphere, differentiation, pluralization, mobilization, and new role of civil society in contrast to the prevailing at the time of the authoritarian, corporate, and client regime that was promoted in the old regime, starting to look that far nonconformist society anesthetized and subjected no doubt it was arriving at new times.

In short, the scene of the century corresponded to a more complex society, demanding, willing to move to unmet basic needs, however, the ravages of trade liberalization, the economic model followed, still causing a highly unequal income distribution, thereby generating large sections and belts of poverty and extreme poverty, to the extent that more than half of the population of the country was, and still in such a situation.

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professionalization of the public service as a concurrent subject between the orders of government, and we have noted that demand otherwise promote a state policy in the field.

(1) The concurrence or coincidence that occurs in practice, to have the federal and state governments and collective or common areas by the fact that they develop actions that deal with the same population living in the same territory interests. This is particularly relevant in the face of a marked trend toward federalism in the current expansion or multiplication of areas of common decision, as well as the establishment of local intergovernmental relations;

(2) There is a relationship of coordination in the field of democratic planning, which is essential to implement to encourage the promotion and strengthening of the professionalization of cadres to serve the public administrations of the three levels of government and go outlining the establishment of the merit system through the development of models of flexible professional service career;

(3) This is explained largely by the impact of problems or public affairs incessantly spilling existing political and administrative jurisdictions, both in the sectoral intergovernmental plane. These are issues of cross-cutting nature, in the sense that no limits or stop at no barrier, with or reciprocally interrelated causes and certain effects. We have certainly faced an increase in the number of problems that states can only solve cooperatively;

(4) A boost to the development of professional models and professional service career based on this type of strategy, where schemes can profile including the exchange of frames between levels of government at the same level may be feasible according to the needs of stakeholders, a common practice in several countries.

Toward a State Policy in the Field of Public Service Professionalism and Career

State policies were taken on a particular significance in various public issues whose complexity, relevance, scope, and significance are of importance to national coverage, demanding of resources, policy formulation, and efficient implementation that allowed no delay, lest iteratively require attention and involve higher costs and large gaps that are difficult to overcome; correspond to a genuine awareness of not only its importance, but also of the opportunity with which must be addressed, and issues such as the promotion of science, technology, and innovation; the quality of education at all levels and modalities, and of course the development of the high professionalism of the pictures in the service of the three branches of government.

We conducted a set of pointing around the need to promote a state policy of national scope that takes as its central theme, the professionalization of cadres to serve the public administrations of the three levels of government. It is far-reaching actions that correspond to the both government and society deal set, taking into account the aims to meet complex and cross-cutting issues that affect everyone. It corresponds by the definition highly consensual public policies that exceed periods of government at the federal and state and municipal levels.

Challenges for Mexico’s Public Administration

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Figure 1. Conceptual paradigm.
Figure 2. Data gathering flow chart.
Figure 1. Map showed the location of Kitwe on the Copperbelt. Source: Google Maps Data (2015)
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