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.
Also available in: Spanish
Alignment of public procurement strategies with social objectives
Beyond saving costs and promoting operational efficiency, public procurement is strategically placed to promote social objectives such as sustainability, inclusion, community development and environmental responsibility. These objectives are promoted by a range of actions, including mechanisms to foster innovation, providing conditions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to compete on equal footing, and favouring companies mindful of environmental sustainability and gender equality criteria. Although the use of public procurement as a strategic policy instrument is not a recent phenomenon, it is being increasingly adopted by public administrations in LAC countries (Delgado et al., 2023). Since governments define the rules for public procurement processes, they can also establish regulations that consider social objectives while tendering, awarding a bid or evaluating projects.
Also available in: Spanish
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