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The Contribution of the United Nations to the Improvement of Public Administration: A 60-Year History
The United Nations Programme on Public Administration, Finance and Development celebrated its sixtieth anniversary in 2008. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) commemorated the anniversary by, among other things,…
| Reports | Participation and Accountability | Public Institutions
World e-Parliament Report 2008
The World e-Parliament Report 2008 constitutes the first assessment from a global perspective of how information and communication technologies (ICT) are being employed by parliaments across the spectrum of activities for which they are responsible…
| Capacity Development Reports | Participation and Accountability
Building Trust Through Civic Engagement
This publication is the result of the Workshop on Building Trust through Civic Engagement, held as part of the 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government: Building Trust in Government, which took place at the United Nations Headquarters in Vienna…
| World Public Sector Reports | Participation and Accountability
World Public Sector Report 2008
People Matter: Civic Engagement in Public Governance
The 2008 World Public Sector Report, People Matter: Civic Engagement in Public Governance, highlights the importance of civic engagement in public governance and by profiling several case studies…
| Capacity Development Reports | Public Service Innovation
Building Capacities for Public Service in Post-Conflict Countries
This publication on ‘Building Capacities for Public Service in Post-Conflict Countries’ represents a more nuanced contribution to the discourse on post-conflict reconstruction by focusing on some of the most fundamental and earliest elements to be…
| Capacity Development Reports | Public Institutions | Transformational Leadership and New Mindsets
Managing Knowledge to Build Trust in Government
The workshop on Managing Knowledge to Build Trust in Government was organized to exchange knowledge and practices worldwide, to challenge current thinking and bring to light best practices that cut across geographical boundaries, and to develop…
| Reports | Local Governance | Participation and Accountability
Participatory Planning Participatory Planning and Budgeting Budgeting at the Sub-national Level
This publication serves as a reference and guide for local governments, non-governmental organizations, civil society and institutions, and will contribute to advancing the discussions in government-community engagements in fiscal processes. UNDESA…
| Capacity Development Reports | Participation and Accountability
Toward Participatory and Transparent Governance: Reinventing Government
This publication emerged from the presentations, discussions, and conclusions of nine capacity development workshops, which examined the theme of participatory and transparent governance as part of the 6th Global Forum on Reinventing Government. In…
| Reports | Participation and Accountability
Fighting Urban Poverty: Which Participatory Approaches?
A Panel Discussion on Fighting Urban Poverty: Which Participatory Approaches?, organized jointly by UNDESA and DGDC, as a side event to the Third World Urban Forum in Vancouver, Canada on 20 June 2006, brought together practitioners, policy makers…
| World Public Sector Reports | Transformational Leadership and New Mindsets
World Public Sector Report 2005
Unlocking the Human Potential for Public Sector Performance
As recommended by the UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration (UNCEPA), the third World Public Sector Report will be published in 2005, with a particular thematic focus on human…
| UN E-Government Surveys | World Public Sector Reports | Digital Government
World Public Sector Report 2003
E-Government at the CrossroadsThe World Public Sector Report 2003 presents a view of e-government as a tool for creating public value. It puts e-government development in the context of the United Nations Millennium Declaration, the Report claims…
| Reports | Public Service Innovation
Public Service Ethics in Africa, Vol. 2
There is a greater awareness of the need for ethics, accountability and transparency in public life today. This realisation has been supported by the emergence of a consensus that good governance and sound public administration underpin sustainable…