Government at a Glance : Latin America and the Caribbean 2024 / OECD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--Latin America.

Public administration.

Government productivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Other Title:

Government at a Glance

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

The 2024 edition of Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean provides the latest available evidence on public administrations and their performance in the LAC region and compares it to OECD countries. It includes indicators on trust in public institutions and satisfaction with public services, as well as evidence on good governance practices in areas such as the policy cycle, budgeting, public procurement, infrastructure planning and delivery, regulatory governance, digital government and open government data. Finally, it provides information on what resources public institutions use and how they are managed, including public finances, public employment, and human resources management. Government at a Glance allows for cross-country comparisons and helps identify trends, best practices, and areas for improvement in the public sector. Governance indicators are especially useful for monitoring and benchmarking governments' progress in their public sector reforms. Each indicator in the publication is presented in a user‑friendly format, consisting of graphs and/or charts illustrating variations across countries and over time, brief descriptive analyses highlighting the major findings of the data, and a methodological section on the definition of the indicator and any limitations in data comparability.

Contents:

Foreword 3

Acknowledgements 4

Executive Summary: Key facts and data 9

Chapter 1. Strengthening participation, public management and integrity to build trust

and support the green transition in Latin America and the Caribbean 11

1.1. Harnessing public governance for a sustainable and inclusive socio-economic transition 12

1.2. Strengthen public governance to enhance participation and inclusive policy making 18

1.3. Reinforce key competencies to deliver sustainable and inclusive growth 25

1.4. Protect against risks of corruption and lack of integrity 33

References 37

Chapter 2. Trust in government 41

2.1 Trust in government 42

2.2 Satisfaction with public services 44

2.3 Political efficacy and representation 46

Chapter 3. Governance of the policy cycle 49

3.1 Functions of the centre of government 50

3.2 Strategic management and monitoring in the centre of government 52

3.3 Communication functions of the centre of government 54

3.4 Public communication campaigns 56

3.5 Rule of law 58

3.6 Financing of political parties and electoral campaigns 60

3.7 Managing conflicts of interest and lobbying 62

Chapter 4. Open government 65

4.1 Participation in the open government policy cycle 66

4.2 Tools to increase the reach and inclusiveness of stakeholders' participation 68

4.3 Open government literacy in public administrations 70

4.4 Improving the implementation of access to information laws 72

Chapter 5. Regulatory governance 75

5.1 General trends and institutional settings in regulatory policy 76

5.2 Stakeholder engagement for regulation 78

5.3 Regulatory impact assessment 80

5.4 Ex post evaluation and administrative simplification 82

5.5 Resourcing of economic regulators 84

Chapter 6. Budgeting practices 87

6.1 Green budgeting 88

6.2 Gender budgeting 90

6.3 Spending reviews 92

6.4 Special feature: Managing health spending during COVID-19 94

Chapter 7. Managing public procurement 97

7.1 Size of public procurement 98

7.2 E-procurement and transparency of the public procurement process 100

7.3 Professionalisation of public procurement 102

7.4 Alignment of public procurement strategies with social objectives 104

7.5 Integrating public procurement processes with other public governance areas 106

Chapter 8. Infrastructure planning and delivery 109

8.1 Long-term strategy for sustainable infrastructure 110

8.2 Assessment of value for money and affordability of infrastructure projects 112

8.3 Life cycle perspective in infrastructure procurement 114

8.4 Open, inclusive and transparent infrastructure projects 116

Chapter 9. Digital government and open government data 119

9.1 Designing and delivering inclusive and user-driven public services 120

9.2 Developing scalable and secure digital public infrastructure 122

9.3 Open government data 124

Chapter 10. Public revenues 127

10.1 General government revenues 128

10.2 General government structure of tax revenues 130

10.3 Revenue structure by level of government 132

10.4 General government gross debt 134

10.5 Fiscal revenues from non-renewable natural resources (NRNR) 136

Chapter 11. Public spending 139

11.1 General government expenditures 140

11.2 Structure of general government expenditures by economic transaction 142

11.3 Expenditure structure by level of government 144

11.4 General government fiscal balance 146

11.5 General government structural balance 148

11.6 Cost effectiveness 150

Chapter 12. Public employment and representation 153

12.1 Employment in the public sector 154

12.2 Age profile of the central government workforce 156

12.3 Diversity in public sector employment 158

12.4 Gender equality in politics 160

12.5 Youth representation in politics 162

Chapter 13. Managing human resources 165

13.1 Identifying and proactively attracting public servants 166

13.2 Assessment and selection practices in the public service 168

13.3 Management of senior public servants 170

13.4 Performance appraisal and accountability of senior public servants 172

13.5 Tools to promote diversity and inclusion in the public service 174

13.6 Compensation of civil servants 176

Structure and indicators 178

Annex A. OECD Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance (iREG) for Latin America 2022 184

Annex B. Methodology for composite indexes on green budgeting and gender budgeting 187

Annex C. OURdata Index 190

Annex D. Classification and definition of occupations 192

Annex E. Methodology for composite indexes on Strategic Human Resource Management 194

Annex F. Additional figures accessible online 197.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-64-95618-2