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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…
| SDG 16 Conference Reports | Public Institutions

SDG 16 Conference Report 2023

The 2023 SDG 16 Conference addressed the role of SDG 16 in navigating the intersecting crises the world is facing. The Conference reviewed the progress and challenges related to SDG 16, focusing on conflict, and shrinking trust in public…
| 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…
| SDG 16 Conference Reports | Public Institutions

SDG 16 Conference 2022 Report

The report of the 2022 SDG 16 Conference on people-centred governance in a post-pandemic world is now available. The Conference, co-organized by UN DESA, the International Development Law Organization and the Government of Italy and held in April…
| 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…
| SDG 16 Conference Reports | Public Institutions

Report of the SDG 16 Conference

The 2021 global SDG 16 Conference – Transforming Governance for a more Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Future: SDG 16 as the roadmap to respond to COVID-19 and build back better – came to a successful conclusion on Friday, 30 April 2021, following six…
| 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…