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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…
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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…
| World Public Sector Reports | Participation and Accountability

World Public Sector Report 2015

Responsive and Accountable Public Governance The 2015 World Public Sector Report on "Responsive and Accountable Public Governance" presents the need for public governance to become more responsive and accountable in order for the State to lead the…
| Expert Group Meeting Reports | Digital Government | Participation and Accountability

Report of the Expert Group Meeting on E-Procurement: Towards Transparency and Efficiency in Public Service Delivery

This is a concept paper prepared in response to the demand from United Nations Member States in understanding the challenges, potential and available options in improving or developing E-Procurement systems.   This paper is based on a series of…
| Expert Group Meeting Reports | Transformational Leadership and New Mindsets

Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Strengthening Public Administration and Leadership for Millennium Development Goals at Local Level

The Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) collaborated with the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) to…
| Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance | Public Service Innovation

Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance

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…
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World Public Sector Report 2010

Reconstructing Public Administration after Conflict The 2010 World Public Sector Report brings to the fore a very critical issue - how to reconstruct public administration in post-conflict situations so as to enable it to promote peace and…
| Expert Group Meeting Reports | Digital Government

Report of the Expert Group Meeting on E-Government Survey: Getting to the Next Level

The United Nations E-Government Survey is one of the major recurrent flagship publications of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). It has…
| Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance | Public Service Innovation

Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance: United Nations Public Service Winners 2003 - 2009

This publication provides an overview of 85 successful innovations in governance and public administration from 40 countries that received the United Nations Public Service Awards, which is the most prestigious international recognition of…
| Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance | Public Service Innovation

Innovations in Governance in the Middle East, North Africa, and Western Balkans: Making Governments Work Better in the Mediterranean Region

Innovations in Governance in the Middle East, North Africa, and Western Balkans: Making Governments Work Better in the Mediterranean region leads us through the journey of innovation by analysing the challenges and opportunities that governments in…
| 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…
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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…