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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

Green budgeting

Green budgeting refers to the use of budgetary policy-making tools to progress climate and environmental objectives. It involves assessing the climate and environmental impact of budgetary and fiscal policies and aligning them with national and international commitments. Green budgeting comprises four building blocks applicable throughout the budget cycle: 1) institutional arrangements; 2) methods and tools; 3) accountability and transparency; and 4) enabling environment in budgeting (OECD, 2020). In 2022, 5 of the 12 surveyed countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region (Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Mexico) reported implementing green budgeting (42%). Argentina also has plans to introduce green budgeting and five others are actively considering it (Figure ‎6.1). In contrast, the majority of OECD countries – 24 of the 36 surveyed (67%) – implement green budgeting, a figure that has almost doubled between 2021 and 2022 (OECD, 2023).

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