Democracy and Governance
Agradecimientos
El Informe Global sobre Corrupción en el Deporte ha sido preparado por la Subdivisión de Corrupción y Delitos Económicos (CEB) de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito (UNODC).
Méthode utilisée pour estimer les coûts des dépenses fiscales
L’approche adoptée dans le présent rapport consistait à élaborer sur le plan technique la méthode utilisée pour estimer les dépenses fiscales et à définir des systèmes de référence pour l’impôt sur les sociétés et la TVA. La même méthode a été appliquée dans 10 pays participants pour pouvoir comparer les résultats.
Introduction
The Economic and Social Council under the authority of the General Assembly is the United Nations organ which coordinates the economic and social work of the United Nations and its system of organizations. The Council has 54 members and until 1991 held the following sessions each year: a short organizational session in New York in January the first regular session in New York in May the second regular session in Geneva in July. The rules of procedure of the Council were amended by resolution 1992/2 and from 1992 on the Council held an organizational session in February in New York and one substantive session with one "high-level segment" a year; the substantive session took place in alternate years in New York and Geneva between May and July. The General Assembly in its resolution 68/1 requested the Economic and Social Council to adjust its programme of work to a July-to-July cycle. The Council continues to have one substantive and one organizational session. From 2014 the Council holds a substantive session in New York and the humanitarian affairs segment alternates between New York and Geneva.
The Extent of E-participation
Qualitative analysis by definition is subjective. In the absence of impact assessment analysis which is not the focus of this year’s Survey qualitative assessment is a useful tool in assessing the quality and relevancy of information and services provided through e-government initiatives.
Foreword
Good governance rule of law and an accountable and transparent public administration are regarded as key to the realization of sustained economic growth equity and social justice and to strengthening implementation of the internationally agreed development goals including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). An important component of efforts by Governments to achieve these goals is the participation of and partnership with the private sector and civil society organizations.
Civic Engagement in Policy Development
Macroeconomic policies play important roles in shaping citizens’ quality of life and to a great extent decide who gains and who loses in a society even at the community level. These policies form the basis for a nation’s budget its fiscal and monetary stance its trade policies and exchange rates. They also translate into taxes subsidies interest rates the pricing of commodities imports and exports and the shape and structure of public sector investment programmes. Collectively macroeconomic policies determine who pays what taxes who receives what benefits and what a country will or will not produce. Together too they shape not only the economic but also the social dimension of growth.
Préface
Le deuxième rapport au titre de la Convention sur la protection et l’utilisation des cours d’eau transfrontières et des lacs internationaux (Convention sur l’eau) a été établi par le secrétariat de la Convention conformément à la décision VIII/1 de la Réunion des Parties à la Convention. Dans cette décision les Parties ont demandé au secrétariat d’établir des rapports périodiques à partir des rapports nationaux reçus pour les sessions futures de la Réunion des Parties sur l’application de la Convention.
Executive summary
The main objective of the World Public Sector Report 2005 is to discuss the critical role of people and human resource management (HRM) in effective public administration with a particular focus on developing countries and transition economies. It is people coordinated by institutions who deliver public services. How effectively government institutions align the behaviour of staff with the public interest is determined primarily by the capacity motivation and integrity of human resources and the quality of leadership. In other words people are the lifeblood of the public service. This underscores the need to value people highly and to develop and manage human resources with great care.
Introduction
This Report is divided into six chapters each one dealing with specific areas of public administration reconstruction after conflict. Moreover each chapter highlights challenges strategies and lessons learned so as to provide concrete policy options. Chapter I analyzes the critical challenges and goals of reconstructing public administration after conflict. It begins by “providing an overview of instrastate violent conflict after World War II. It then attempts to define post-conflict reconstruction”—a relatively new term that is not universally understood. The chapter then presents the overarching goals of post-conflict governments and the specific challenges they face in rebuilding public administration.
Preface
Since the World Public Sector Report was launched in 2001 it hasbecome a major reference on governance and public administrationtrends and issues for policymakers the academia and practitionersfrom around the world. So far five editions of this series have beenpublished in a number of crucial thematic areas including “Globalizationand the Statea” 2001; “E-government at the Crossroads” 2003;“Unlocking the Human Potential for Public Sector Performance”2005 and “People Matter: Civic Engagement in Public Governance”2008. In 2008 at its Seventh Session the United Nations Committeeof Experts on Public Administration recommended that the Departmentof Economic and Social Affairs focus its 2010 World Public SectorReport on “lessons learned in reconstructing governance and publicadministration after violent conflict”.
Foreword
There has been a rediscovery in recent years of the critical role played by human resources in improving and sustaining institutional effectiveness and development performance. It is this realization that has provided the impetus to focus the World Public Sector Report on this important topic. Governments increasingly look at public administration reform as a key instrument to achieve important development goals and to catalyse wider transformation in society. At the same time public administration will not be able to play this role effectively without competent and dedicated public servants. This means that the management of human resources has moved to the fore as a central concern of leaders in the public service.
Strengthening Human Resources in the Public Service
The public service is integral to the social political economic and cultural life of every country. Consequently in conflict situations the public service is generally both a contributing factor to the conflict and a casualty of it. It is also a central actor in the reconstruction process and as such the public service must transform itself so that it can appropriately manage the changed and changing public administration environment.