The UN Economist Network has released a new Futures and Foresight Policy Brief on Governance Futures: Key Insights and Policy Implications. This Policy Brief examines the limitations of current governance systems and proposes alternative models…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This publication provides a summary of the findings and lessons learned from the Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on “Innovation in Governance and Public Administration for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals” which was held at United…
This publication is intended for policy makers, scholars and practitioners who have a keen interest in concrete solutions to governance challenges. Its purpose is to encourage more women and men in the public sector who are working hard to improve…
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…
Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea and nicknamed the “the Miracle of the Han River”, was one of the engines of rapid growth in one country among the “Asian Tigers”. As in many large cities, however, rapid economic growth was accompanied by…
The Third Pan-African Conference of Ministers of Civil Service, entitled “African Institutes of Public Administration: New Challenges, New Role, New Perspectives”, which took place in Windhoek, Namibia, on 5 and 6 February 2001, provided an…