OECD Government at a Glance
Latin America and the Caribbean 2024
Elsa Pilichowski
Director for Public Governance, OECD
13 March 2024
Meeting the green transition challenges amidst fiscal constraints
The LAC region is severely exposed to the effects of climate change and needs to advance the green transition in a complex fiscal environment
Frequency of climate-related extreme weather events in LAC, 1980-2000 and 2001-2022
General government fiscal balance as a % of GDP; LAC OECD, and largest LAC economies 2007-2022
2 Source: Government at a Glance Latin America and the Caribbean 2024.
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1980-2000 2001-2022 Annual events (average) 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 -13 -11 -9 -7 -5 -3 -1 1 3 5 LAC BRA MEX ARG OECD %
Strengthening trust in institutions: a priority for the region
Trust in institutions is below OECD levels and does not show signs of recovery
3
Confidence in the national government, 2007-2022
in national government
LAC OECD 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 15-29 50 and older % 2007 2008 2012 2015 2017 2019 2021 2022 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 OECD LAC Source: Government at a Glance Latin America and the Caribbean 2024.
Trust
by age group, 2022
Three priorities to enhance trust and achieve a sustainable transition
Three priorities for governments to strengthen trust in government and achieve a sustainable transition.
1. Enhance participation and inclusive policy making
2. Reinforce key competencies to deliver sustainable and inclusive growth
3. Protect against active threats to public trust arising from failings in public integrity
4
Source: Government at a Glance Latin America and the Caribbean 2024.
Enhance participation and inclusive policy making: Expand and use tools more effectively
LAC countries could do more to ensure that feedback from citizens and stakeholders systematically informs policy making
Groups of citizens for which there is a dedicated strategy or policy to encourage their participation in decision making, 2021 Women Youth Peoplewith disabilitiesEthnic minoritiees Elderly
Requirement to engage with citizens and stakeholders for developing regulations and consideration of comments, 2022
Requirement to engage with stakeholders for regulations
Consider comments for final regulatios
5
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
SociallyoreconomicallymarginalisedpeopleRefugees/asylumseekers/migrants
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2019 2022
of countries Source: Government at a Glance Latin America and the Caribbean 2024.
Number
Enhance participation and inclusive policy making: Diversity
Although there has been progress in closing gender gaps, more needs to be done
Governments are building up their tools to meet gender equality policy goals
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Share of women in the legislature, 2019 and 2023 Women remain underrepresented in politics 2019 2023 2019 2023 LAC OECD 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 OECD Gender Budgeting Index, (0-1 max), 2022
% ARG MEX DOM COL CHL GTM SLV PRY HND BRA LAC OECD 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 Advanced practice Intermediate practice Introductory practice 0.47 0.49 Source: Government at a Glance Latin America and the Caribbean 2024.
Reinforce key competencies to deliver sustainable and inclusive growth: Governing green
Governments need to strengthen their tools for governing green
Alignment of a long-term strategic vision for infrastructure with sustainability, 2022
Long term strategic vision aligned with environmental plans
Long term strategic vision does not consider environmental action plans 46%
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Green Budgeting Index (0-1 max), 2022
OECD
BRA CHL CRI PER ARG BOL COL ECU MEX NIC PRY DOM HND PAN URY
27%
term strategic vision 27%
No long
OECD 73% MEX HND DOM CHL COL OECD 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 0.49 Source: Government at a Glance Latin America and the Caribbean 2024.
Reinforce key competencies to deliver sustainable and inclusive growth:
Developing the workforce
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Index: Use of proactive recruitment practices, 2022
identifying the
competencies Source: Government at a Glance Latin America and the Caribbean 2024. ECU COL MEX HND URY GTM HTI PER CRI BRA PRY LAC OECD 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
Proactively
public workforce of the future with the appropriate skills and
Protect against threats: Implementing integrity standards
Having integrity standards is not enough, it is key to ensure their implementation
Percent of integrity standards existing in regulations and in practice in OECD countries, 2022
Regulatory safeguards
Safeguards in practice OECD average
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Source: Government at a Glance Latin America and the Caribbean 2024. 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 25% 20% 82% 55% 93% 35% Lobbying Conflict-of-interest Political finance
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