Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2017

This second edition of Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean provides the latest available data on public administrations in the LAC region and compares it to OECD countries. It contains new indicators on public finances, centres of government, regulatory governance, open governmen...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2016
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Contextual factors
  • Performance appraisal
  • Human resources planning
  • OECD Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance (iREG) for Latin America 2016
  • Reader's guide
  • Special Feature: Fiscal revenues from non-renewable natural resources
  • Organisation of the HRM function
  • Preface
  • Revenues and expenditures structure by levels of government
  • Stakeholder engagement and transparency
  • Digital strategies
  • Special feature: objectives and sectoral use of cost-benefit analysis
  • Government investment spending
  • Ex post evaluation and administrative simplification
  • Women in public sector employment
  • Open government strategies
  • Procurement of ICT
  • Challenges to implement the open government strategy
  • Structure and responsibilities of the central budget authority (CBA)
  • Policy coordination
  • Budget approval
  • E-procurement
  • General government debt
  • Size of public procurement
  • HRM practices composite indexes
  • The impact of fiscal policy on equity
  • Complementary budgets and reserve funds
  • Executive summary
  • Introduction
  • Special feature: Monitoring and execution of health spending
  • Civil service merit
  • The OECD index on open government data
  • General trends and institutional setting
  • Compensation management
  • Glossary
  • General government tax revenues
  • Foreword
  • Regulatory Impact Assessment
  • General government expenditures by economic transaction
  • General government expenditures
  • Special feature: Key features of cost-benefit analysis
  • Measurement of financial benefits and ICT expenditures
  • Special feature: Competition-Friendly Regulatory Environment
  • Decision making of government
  • National online portals and digital recognition mechanisms
  • Employment in the public sector
  • Strategic management and monitoring
  • Institutional setting and key functions of the open government coordination unit
  • General government revenues
  • Long-term fiscal projections
  • Strategic public procurement
  • Executive budget negotiations and off-budget expenditures
  • Open government data
  • Special feature: Health financing systems and budget formulation for health
  • General government fiscal and structural balance
  • Procurement regulatory entities