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LAC MIC++ ProgramLAC MIC ++ Program
The LAC MIC ++ Program is a new public sector capacity-building instrument designed to offer tailored solutions to the Bank's most sophisticated clients in the Latin America and Caribbean region and engage them as partners in their effort to improve the performance of public agencies. (More).

LAC MIC++ ProgramConference Improving Public Service Performance in the OECS in Times of Crisis
The conference, held in St. Lucia on November 2-3, 2009, presented successful experiences from small states from the Commonwealth on how to improve public service performance and achieve a fiscally sustainable wage bill in times of reduced revenues and increased pressures for public sector expenditures. (More).

Performance-Informed BudgetingLAC Discussion Papers on Public Management
New releases and other publications of the series Working Papers on Public Sector Management, including "Performance-Informed Budgeting in Latin America Experiences and Opportunities", "Public Management Reforms and Property Tax Revenue Improvements: Lessons from Buenos Aires", and "Review of the Policy Utility of the Worldwide Governance Indicators for the Countries of Central America" (More).

Performance BudgetingQuality of Public Expenditure
"Mexico: Quality of Public Expenditure" is a series of notes produced in collaboration between the Mexican Government’s Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Público and the Public Sector and Governance unit in the World Bank’s Latin American and Caribbean Region. (More).

Inclusion Justice for All Inclusion Justice for All
The Legal Reform Group developed a knowledge tool for sharing innovative methods for providing justice services to more citizens and enhancing judicial accountability. Mobile courts are an example of a best practice in the region. This initiative offers a traveling judicial service that visits local jurisdictions to resolve legal disagreements, decrease traveling to big cities, and reduce barriers for the access of the justice system (More).

Private Sector Bodies receiving Public SubsidiesSenior Executive Pay in Private Sector Bodies receiving Public Subsidies (informal survey)
Since the last quarter of 2008, countries across the OECD have responded dramatically to the financial crisis. As a result, governments have turned into the effective owner of a number of banks, brokerages, and even insurance firms. When people and institutions migrate into the public sector, should they be forced to behave like other public bodies? (More).

 

Last updated: 2009-08-27


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