Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2024
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.
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Improving the implementation of access to information laws
Transparency in public decision making is foundational to functioning democracy. It offers citizens and stakeholders insight into the public institutions that serve their interests and ensures that citizens are aware of government activities and can scrutinise them as needed. Strong access to information (ATI) laws, covering both the proactive and reactive disclosure of information, coupled with clear responsibilities for the implementation of ATI laws, ensure greater transparency across the public administration. They can also act as a bulwark against corruption and mismanagement. Promoting access to information with strong institutional oversight can support democracy at the national and regional level in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) (OECD, 2022).
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