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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Tools to increase the reach and inclusiveness of stakeholders’ participation
Stakeholder participation is recognised as a pillar of good governance, enabling responsive and open policy making, thereby bolstering public trust in government and democratic resilience (OECD, 2022a). Accordingly, many countries mandate the participation of stakeholders in legislation development and design corresponding strategies. All 13 of the surveyed Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries with data available have legislation on stakeholder participation in policy making, and on petitions or other forms of citizen initiative. In 10 of the 13 countries (77%), there are legislative provisions on handling citizens’ complaints. The collection and use of citizen feedback by government entities is less commonly covered, with only 7 out of 13 countries (54%) having a legal provision for this (Figure 4.4).
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