Government at a Glance 2009
Government at a Glance is a new, biennial publication of the OECD providing over 30 indicators describing government performance. It compares the political and institutional frameworks of government across OECD countries, as well as government revenues, expenditures and employment. It also includes indicators describing government policies and practices in integrity, e-government and open government, and introduces several composite indexes summarising key aspects of public management practices in human resource management, budgeting and regulatory management. For each figure, the book provides a dynamic link (StatLink) which directs the user to a web page where the corresponding data are available in Excel® format.
Conflict-of-interest disclosure by decision makers
Citizens’ trust in government is weakened when public officials allow personal bias to pervade their decision making. At a time when the interface between public and private sectors has significantly increased, measures for preventing and managing conflict of interest are crucial to ensure that the integrity of decision making is not compromised by public officials’ private interests.
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