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The Governance Global Practice supports client countries to help them build capable, efficient, open, inclusive, and accountable institutions.
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Spring Meetings 2023
Governing Effectively During Challenging Times
How can governments meet the most critical needs to protect people? Watch the replay of this conversation with ministers and global experts on practical approaches to these issues.
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ANTI-CORRUPTION
Corruption, Capture and Fragile Contexts
The World Bank drew attention to challenges, complexities and consequences of corruption in fragile settings a panel discussion.
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Governance & Institutions
Climate Change Governance
Effective climate change governance institutions help countries achieve their climate goals.
Governance At-A-Glance
More than half of the global population expresses distrust in government institutions. The most recent World Bank Group Surveys with opinion leaders in our client countries confirm that addressing governance is now at the top of countries’ policy
IDA18: Governance and Institutions
Countries with strong institutions prosper by creating an environment that facilitates private sector growth, reduces poverty, delivers valuable services and earns the confidence of their citizens -- a relationship of trust that is created when people can participate in government decision-making and know their voices are heard.
Focus Areas
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Procurement for Development
Public procurement is a crucial component of governance, poverty reduction, and sustainable development.
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Combating Corruption
To deter corruption the World Bank helps countries build capable, transparent, and accountable institutions.
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Global Director for Governance Global Practice in the Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions Practice Group (EFI) Vice Presidency
News & Events
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Highlights
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Book Feb 17, 2022
Innovations in Tax Compliance : Building Trust, Navigating Politics, and ...
Innovations in Tax Compliance: Building Trust, Navigating Politics, and Tailoring Reform takes a fresh look at tax reform as countries deal with more debt burdens by Covid-19. New research and experiences guide the best ...
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World Bank GroupReport Feb 02, 2022
Building Blocks and New Frontiers for Open Government
This report analyzes the WB's open, participatory, and responsive governance knowledge. It rethinks the term "open government," identifies new frontiers, and summarizes steps to advance an open, participatory agenda.
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EVENT Dec 07, 2021
Deploying Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology for Government Digital ...
This webinar presented the application of a novel high-level conceptual model and accompanying question-led framework for the design and implementation of blockchain.Distributed ledger systems illustrating how the ...
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Conference Dec 01, 2021
PEFA at 20 Years and Beyond
PEFA celebrated their journey over the last two decades, while discussing the role of PFM in building green, resilient, and inclusive development, and in supporting recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Symposium Oct 25, 2021
Symposium on Data Analytics and Anticorruption
A Symposium on Data Analytics and Anticorruption was co-hosted by the World Bank and the Korea Development Institute School of Public Policy and Management on October 25-28. The four-day event was launched last year with ...
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Launch Event Sep 30, 2021
Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators
The WWBI is a cross-national dataset on public sector employment and wages. The indicators are derived using a consistent methodology from micro-data based on nationally representative labor force and household surveys, ...
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Report Launch Sep 16, 2021
GTMI: The State of Digital Transformation in the Public Sector
The World Bank has developed the GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) to measure key aspects in the four focus areas of digital transformation in the public sector: core government systems, public service delivery, citizen ...
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Governance and Institutional Issues in COVID-19 Vaccination
Success in the COVID-19 vaccination program requires that large numbers of people get the vaccine quickly, equitably, & effectively. This involves both the willing participation of the population & well-functioning ...
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Leadership Training Toolkit for State-Owned Enterprises
The SOE Leadership Toolkit was developed jointly by the World Bank and IFC to support countries’ efforts to build capacity of State ownership entities, SOE boards, and SOE senior management. It addresses the growing need ...
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Report
Disruptive Technologies in Public Procurement
This study provides an overview of selected technologies identified as “disruptive” that could be useful to public procurement.
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REPORT
Climate Change Budget Tagging: A Review of International Experience
This report is to provide development practitioners and government officials with an understanding of the context and key design features of climate budget tagging initiatives.
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EVENT RECORDING Feb 22, 2021
Designing Effective Climate Legislation - Launch of World Bank Reference Guide
This was a joint event of the World Bank and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences launching the World Bank's reference guide on ...
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Report
World Bank Reference Guide to Climate Change Framework Legislation
The twelve key principles for framework legislation laid out in this guide can contribute to building back better by helping countries to lay a solid foundation for climate-smart development that creates new jobs and ...
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REPORT
GovTech Launch Report and Short-Term Action Plan
This report presents the work program priorities for the first two years of the World Bank’s GovTech Global Partnership (GTGP), drawing upon the trends in GovTech applications and lessons learned from the last 25 years ...
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Event Replay
Tech for Integrity: International Anti-Corruption Day
This session focused on the development of innovative tools, solutions and approaches to help control corruption, and explored how they can help control corruption risks at the country level.
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Publication
Preventing and Managing Conflicts of Interest in the Public Sector : Good ...
The Guide is intended as a resource for policymakers, practitioners and civil society in strengthening conflict of interest regulations and systems. It illustrates experiences and good practices in managing and ...
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Publication
Public Investment Management Reference Guide
The Public Investment Management (PIM) Reference Guide aims to convey country experiences and good international practices as a basis for decisions on how to address country-specific PIM reform agendas.
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Press Release
Curbing Corruption in the Midst of a Pandemic is More Important Than Ever, New ...
Progress against corruption can be made even under the most challenging conditions, a new World Bank report finds.
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BLOG
Working in partnership is key to fighting corruption
Mari Pangestu, Managing Director of Policy & Partnerships, World Bank, stresses the need for cooperation and coordination in the fight against corruption.
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Guidance Note
Ensuring Better PFM Outcomes with FMIS Investments
An operational guidance note for FMIS project teams designing and implementing FMIS solutions.
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Report
Managing the Public Sector Wage Bill during COVID-19
This note provides suggestions on managing the public sector wage bill to best achieve the difficult balance between fiscal consolidation, protection of lives and livelihoods, service delivery, and job restoration.
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Report
Coming Together While Staying Apart: Facilitating Collective Action through ...
This paper proposes to think about handling the pandemic as a collective action problem that can be alleviated by policies that foster trust and social connection.
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Report
Anticorruption Initiatives: Reaffirming Commitment to a Development Priority (...
This paper draws on these lessons and proposes a new approach, both in terms of what we work on and how we work, focusing on initiatives to be led by the Bank’s EFI vice presidency to reaffirm the Bank’s commitment to ...
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Report
Building Effective, Accountable, and Inclusive Institutions in Europe and ...
This publication builds on the World Bank’s vast engagement across ECA and on the 2019 regional governance conference.
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World BankWebsite
Global Public Procurement Database
A World Bank initiative with the objective of meeting the increasing demand for a global knowledge product that captures data about country procurement systems and eProcurement implementations.