Government at a Glance : Latin America and the Caribbean 2014: Towards Innovative Public Financial Management / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Inter-American Development Bank.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Contributor:

Inter-American Development Bank.

SourceOECD (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Governance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 pages)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Latin American and Caribbean Government at a Glance offers a dashboard of more than 30 indicators to help decision makers and citizens analyze and benchmark government performance both within the LAC region and compared to the OECD countries. The publication focuses in four broad areas: budgeting practices; public sector pay and employment; public procurement and public finances. Furthermore, the policy chapter deepens in the budgetary and fiscal innovations which have taken place for the LAC region in the past years. Despite the fact that the LAC region has not been so badly affected by the recent Global and Financial crisis, the Latin American an Carribbean Government at a Glance argues that governments need to be more inclusive, transparent, receptive and efficient. For that, they need to improve among other budgetary, employment and procurement practices, as well as increase the transparency levels.

Contents:

Transparency in procurement

Public procurement spending

General government revenues

General government expenditures

Fiscal and budget innovations and the commodities boom in LAC countries: A winning decade?

Public-private partnerships

Internal audit

Introduction

Reader's guide

Accounting

Reporting

Executive summary

Women in general government

Preface

Contextual factors

Composite indexes budget practices

Foreword

Public sector employment

Methodology and additional notes on compensation of government employees

Special feature: Fiscal revenues from non-renewable natural resources in Latin America

General government balance and debt

Special feature: Sustainable public procurement

E-procurement

Anti-corruption measures in public procurement

Government investment spending

Revenues and expenditures structure by level of government

Fiscal rules

Compensation of secretarial staff in central government

Compensation of professionals in central government

Compensation of middle managers

Compensation of senior managers

Glossary

Women in politics

Earmarked funds

Legislative capacity to ensure transparency in the budget process

Budget transparency

Performance budgeting

Executive budget flexibility

Efficiency of tax administration

General government tax revenues

Medium-term expenditure framework.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).

ISBN:

9789264209480

Access Restriction:

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