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World Public Sector Report 2023
Transforming institutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals after the pandemic.The World Public Sector Report 2023 examines the role that national institutional and governance innovations and changes that emerged during the COVID-19…
| Research Notes | Public Institutions
A Glance at Least Developed Countries’ Institutional Arrangements for SDG Implementation at the National Level, 2015-2021
This paper analyzes the development of national institutional arrangements in support of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) since 2015 in the 46 Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The analysis is based on a set of…
| Research Notes | Digital Government
E-government for Resilient Governance: Opportunities and Challenges in Crises
This paper analyses how governments’ digitalization influences the resilience of governance in context of crises. The first part explores the concept of institutional resilience and draws a picture of how data and the Internet can contribute to…
| World Public Sector Reports | Public Institutions
World Public Sector Report 2021
National institutional arrangements for implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals: A five-year stocktaking
Institutions are paramount to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and all the Sustainable Development…
| Compendia | Digital Government
Compendium of Digital Government Initiatives in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic 2020
This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of the United Nations…
| Compendia | Public Institutions
Compendium of National Institutional Arrangements for Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
In the four years since the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development came into effect, countries across the world have made significant efforts to establish the institutional arrangements necessary for the successful implementation of the sustainable…
| Compendia | Public Institutions
Compendium of National Institutional Arrangements for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: 2019 Update
Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015, countries have continuously updated institutional arrangements in order to enable government institutions and other stakeholders to deliver the objectives encapsulated in the…
| World Public Sector Reports
World Public Sector Report 2018
Working Together: Integration, Institutions and the Sustainable Development Goals
The World Public Sector Report 2018 (WPSR 2018) examines how governments, public institutions and public administration can foster integrated approaches to the…
| Compendia | Digital Government | Public Service Innovation
Compendium of Innovative Practices in Public Governance and Administration for Sustainable Development
This Compendium of Innovative Practices in Public Governance and Administration for Sustainable Development explores three shifts in government-society interactions that have had significant impact on public administration and public service . These…
| Compendia | Public Service Innovation
Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance: United Nations Public Service Awards Winners, 2012-2013
This publication provides an overview of 145 successful innovations in governance and public administration from 50 countries that received the United Nations Public Service Awards, which is the most prestigious international recognition of…
| Compendia | Digital Government
Compendium of Innovative E-Government Practices, Volume V
The main objective of developing the UN/DESA Compendium of Innovative E-government Practices as an ongoing project is to create a venue for sharing and disseminating innovative e-government solutions, services and products developed and/or adopted…
| Compendia | Participation and Accountability | Supreme Audit Institutions
Compendium of Innovative Practices of Citizen Engagement by Supreme Audit Institutions for Public Accountability
The Compendium of Innovative Practices of Citizen Engagement by Supreme Audit Institutions for Public accountability provides an overview of successful examples and innovations in the engagement of citizens in public accountability processes through…