Improving Lives Through Better Government: Promoting Effective, Efficient, and Open Governments in Latin America and the Caribbean

Improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and openness of governments is essential to meet the key challenges that countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region face to improve service delivery to citizens. This Technical Note is meant to guide the work of the IDB's Institutional Capacity of theState Division in this area. In the literature, institutional quality and implementation capacity emerge as the key variables that underpin good government. Measurement is a central issue, as institutional quality cannot be assessed or improved without reliable indicators. While many challenges remain, the region is already adopting innovative approaches to public management, focusing particularly on the capacity of governments to manage information. In response to existing challenges and progresses, the IDB identifies three main strategic areas of action: (i) improving government effectiveness by strengthening the evidence base for policy making and enhancing the capacity of central agencies; (ii) enhancing efficiency in policy implementation by leveraging the adoption of innovative e-solutions and supporting civil service reforms; and (iii) fostering accountability and open government by strengthening accountability institutions, both internal and external, and promoting the adoption of targeted transparency policies.

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Main Author: Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors: Carlos Santiso
Format: Technical Notes biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:E-Government, Governance, Management, Public Service, H10 - Structure and Scope of Government: General, H11 - Structure Scope and Performance of Government, Latin America and the Caribbean, good government, public management, public service delivery, institutional quality, measurement, government effectiveness, government efficiency, open government, data management, E-government, government statistics, monitoring and evaluation, Center of Government, civil service, transparency, accountability,
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0009221
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spelling dig-bid-node-121432024-05-30T20:08:13ZImproving Lives Through Better Government: Promoting Effective, Efficient, and Open Governments in Latin America and the Caribbean 2014-11-13T00:00:00+0000 http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0009221 https://publications.iadb.org/en/improving-lives-through-better-government-promoting-effective-efficient-and-open-governments-latin Inter-American Development Bank E-Government Governance Management Public Service H10 - Structure and Scope of Government: General H11 - Structure Scope and Performance of Government Latin America and the Caribbean, good government, public management, public service delivery, institutional quality, measurement, government effectiveness, government efficiency, open government, data management, E-government, government statistics, monitoring and evaluation, Center of Government, civil service, transparency, accountability Improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and openness of governments is essential to meet the key challenges that countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region face to improve service delivery to citizens. This Technical Note is meant to guide the work of the IDB's Institutional Capacity of theState Division in this area. In the literature, institutional quality and implementation capacity emerge as the key variables that underpin good government. Measurement is a central issue, as institutional quality cannot be assessed or improved without reliable indicators. While many challenges remain, the region is already adopting innovative approaches to public management, focusing particularly on the capacity of governments to manage information. In response to existing challenges and progresses, the IDB identifies three main strategic areas of action: (i) improving government effectiveness by strengthening the evidence base for policy making and enhancing the capacity of central agencies; (ii) enhancing efficiency in policy implementation by leveraging the adoption of innovative e-solutions and supporting civil service reforms; and (iii) fostering accountability and open government by strengthening accountability institutions, both internal and external, and promoting the adoption of targeted transparency policies. Inter-American Development Bank Carlos Santiso Jorge von Horoch Juan Cruz Vieyra Technical Notes application/pdf IDB Publications Latin America and the Caribbean Central America South America The Caribbean en
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Governance
Management
Public Service
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H11 - Structure Scope and Performance of Government
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Governance
Management
Public Service
H10 - Structure and Scope of Government: General
H11 - Structure Scope and Performance of Government
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Governance
Management
Public Service
H10 - Structure and Scope of Government: General
H11 - Structure Scope and Performance of Government
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Improving Lives Through Better Government: Promoting Effective, Efficient, and Open Governments in Latin America and the Caribbean
description Improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and openness of governments is essential to meet the key challenges that countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region face to improve service delivery to citizens. This Technical Note is meant to guide the work of the IDB's Institutional Capacity of theState Division in this area. In the literature, institutional quality and implementation capacity emerge as the key variables that underpin good government. Measurement is a central issue, as institutional quality cannot be assessed or improved without reliable indicators. While many challenges remain, the region is already adopting innovative approaches to public management, focusing particularly on the capacity of governments to manage information. In response to existing challenges and progresses, the IDB identifies three main strategic areas of action: (i) improving government effectiveness by strengthening the evidence base for policy making and enhancing the capacity of central agencies; (ii) enhancing efficiency in policy implementation by leveraging the adoption of innovative e-solutions and supporting civil service reforms; and (iii) fostering accountability and open government by strengthening accountability institutions, both internal and external, and promoting the adoption of targeted transparency policies.
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