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Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2024

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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.

English Also available in: Spanish

General government revenues

Government revenues refer to the income generated by the government. The primary sources of revenue in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries are typically taxes, social contributions and customs duties. In some LAC countries, such as Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico, a significant share of revenue may also derive from non-tax sources, such as income from state-owned enterprises or royalties on natural resources. Governments use revenues to provide public goods and services and to redistribute income through social benefits and subsidies that in turn can contribute to reducing income inequality, among other purposes. Revenue policies can also be used to encourage socially beneficial activities, for example, through tax breaks for research and development; or to discourage harmful ones for example through taxes on carbon emissions or tobacco use.

English Also available in: Spanish

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