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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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Artificial Intelligence in the Justice System
Avoiding Juris-fiction: a way forward for transparent, risk-based AI experimentation in justice and the rule of law
Can we rely on artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency in our legal systems without compromising on the core principles of justice? Explore the debate in this blog.
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Private Sector
Call for Papers
We invite you to submit your paper to the inaugural conference on Public Institutions for Development: Enabling the Private Sector by October 31, 2024.
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Public Sector
Romania’s HR Reforms boost interest in public sector jobs
Watch this first in a series of three Governance in Action interviews that will be dedicated to Romania’s reform program. In this interview, we discuss Human Resource Management (HRM).
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
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IDA18: Governance and Institutions
Governance and institutions are essential to reducing poverty and recovering from various crises. The COVID-19 pandemic amplified gaps and heightened the importance of strong institutions and governance systems. IDA continues its commitment to building stronger government capacity and accountability in service delivery.
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Public Administration
The program aims to provide analytical and thought leadership to advance public administration reforms globally.
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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 in the Prosperity vertical, World Bank Group
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Highlights
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Justice and the Rule of Law Jul 25, 2024
Justice and the Rule of Law Global Forum
The Governance Global Practice hosted the Justice and the Rule of Law Global Forum: Fostering Inclusive and Sustainable Development on June 25-26 which brought together more than 420 in-person participants and 5,000 ...
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Public Administration Jul 25, 2024
Public Administration Global Forum
The World Bank hosted world leaders, experts, and practitioners to discuss citizen trust and better approaches to work in the public sector at the Public Administration Global Forum on Transforming Governments for a ...
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Anticorruption Jun 26, 2023
Highlights from the Anticorruption for Development (AC4D) Global Forum: ...
The World Bank Group (WBG) hosted the Anticorruption for Development (AC4D) Global Forum in Washington, D.C. The Forum brought together more than 220 partners, leaders, and practitioners from government, private ...
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Conference May 03, 2023
GovTech Global Forum: Governance in the Digital Era
The Governance Global Practice hosted the inaugural GovTech Global Forum focused on "Governance in the Digital Era." This Forum convened the world's top thinkers, innovators, and practitioners on GovTech to exchange ...
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Spring Meetings Apr 12, 2023
Governing Effectively During Challenging Times
Governments worldwide are facing overlapping crises, including COVID-19, debt, climate change, and conflict, which challenge their ability to provide essential public goods and services to their people, especially the ...
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Event Jun 23, 2022
The Future of Government: Reimagining Government for Good
The Future of Government report is a guide for governments and non-governmental actors to reimagine the role of the State in formulating policy, providing regulation, and delivering services for development outcomes. The ...
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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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Report 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 08, 2021
Corruption, Capture and Fragile Contexts
For International Anticorruption Day this year the World Bank is drawing attention to the challenges, complexities, and consequences of corruption in fragile settings. The term “fragility” can mean many things, and there ...
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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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Conference 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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Report 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 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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Report Jun 02, 2021
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 May 01, 2021
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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Event 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 Feb 01, 2021
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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Report Jan 31, 2021
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 Dec 31, 2020
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 Dec 09, 2020
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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Report Dec 01, 2020
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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Press Release Sep 23, 2020
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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Report Sep 11, 2020
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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Report Jun 01, 2020
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 Jun 01, 2020
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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Report May 01, 2020
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 Feb 26, 2020
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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Database Jan 01, 2020
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.