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This paper reviews increases in performance-based arrangements for civil servants in OECD member and non-member countries. It explores the challenge of ageing public sector workforce, requiring targeted policies that focus on labor productivity. The authors contend that opportunities to introduce performance-based arrangements rely on the government's ability to introduce and promote institutional reforms. They explore performance enablers such as appointment, promotion and retention mechanisms for competent staff, and discuss managerial approaches to motivate civil servant performance in the surveyed countries.