Government at a Glance
Latin America and the Caribbean 2014: Towards Innovative Public Financial Management
Latin American and Caribbean Government at a Glance offers a dashboard of more than 30 indicators to help decision makers and citizens analyze and benchmark government performance both within the LAC region and compared to the OECD countries. The publication focuses in four broad areas: budgeting practices; public sector pay and employment; public procurement and public finances. Furthermore, the policy chapter deepens in the budgetary and fiscal innovations which have taken place for the LAC region in the past years.
Despite the fact that the LAC region has not been so badly affected by the recent Global and Financial crisis, the Latin American an Carribbean Government at a Glance argues that governments need to be more inclusive, transparent, receptive and efficient. For that, they need to improve among other budgetary, employment and procurement practices, as well as increase the transparency levels.
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Performance budgeting
Performance budgeting allows countries to systematically incorporate performance data into the budget process and many LAC countries have begun to adopt it. The implementation of performance budgeting requires adopting financial management information systems that facilitate the collection of performance data, adjusting the budget process to incorporate the information into budget allocations, establishing appropriate incentives at the management level and developing institutional capacity to carry out the process.
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