Public administration

The size and the economic significance of the public sector make it a major contributor to economic growth and social welfare.

The OECD Budget Practices and Procedures Database provides detailed data on how budgets are made in OECD countries from formulation, to approval, execution and reporting based on surveys conducted every four to five years.

With more than 700 million residents living in rural areas, China is still a predominantly rural country.

La Chine a enormement avance dans la mise en place des fondements juridiques et reglementaires de l'economie de marche.

China has made enormous progress in developing the modern legal and regulatory foundation for the market economy.

Expecting substantial savings and improved public services - a trend further accentuated by the financial and economic crisis beginning in 2008 - OECD countries have invested in the development of e-government services over the past 10-15 years.

Les volutions urbanistiques, dmographiques, et mme climatiques, ont un impact sur les questions auxquelles doivent rpondre les pays de l'OCDE en matire de protection de la vie et du bien-tre des citoyens ou de garantie de la continuit de l'activit conomique.

Les mouvements de personnel entre les secteurs public et priv sont bien connus dans de nombreux pays sous le nom de phnomne d'aller-retour Ils font l'objet d'une attention particulire dans le contexte de l'action des gouvernements face la crise financire et conomique.

The movement of personnel between employment in the public and private sectors, referred to as the "e;revolving door"e; phenomenon, raises particular attention in the context of the response of governments to the financial and economic crisis.

Using this Guide will facilitate the practical implementation of the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises in the areas of transparency and accountability.

Ce Guide a t labor pour faciliter la mise en A uvre concrte des Lignes directrices de l'OCDE sur le gouvernement d'entreprise des entreprises publiques dans les domaines de la transparence et de la reddition de comptes.

Les Principes de l'OCDE pour renforcer l'integrite dans les marches publics constituent un instrument novateur qui favorise la bonne gouvernance a toutes les etapes de la passation des marches publics, depuis l'evaluation des besoins jusqu'a la gestion des marches.

The OECD Principles for Integrity in Public Procurement are a ground-breaking instrument that promotes good governance in the entire procurement cycle, from needs assessment to contract management.

Les Principes directeurs de l'OCDE a l'intention des entreprises multinationales contiennent des recommandations edictees a l'intention des entreprises internationales dans un certain nombre de domaines, par exemple le travail, l'environnement, la protection des consommateurs ou encore la lutte contre la corruption.

Infrastructure sectors -- particularly railroads, telecommunications, electricity and natural gas -- are vital in providing necessities of life to the Russian Federation's citizens and key inputs into the rest of the economy.

The reform of pay determination systems has been completed in some OECD countries.

Dedicated public-private partnership (PPP) units are organisations set up with full or partial aid of the government to ensure that the skills needed to handle third-party provision of goods and services are made available and clustered together within government.

In the context of major public sector reform efforts in many OECD countries, increasing attention is being focused on the people-side of the reform equation -- the human resource management policies and practices available to public sector managers to shape and direct the workforce to achieve new organisational goals.

This report exposes how "e;policy capture"e;, where public decisions over policies are consistently or repeatedly directed away from the public interest towards a specific interest, can exacerbate inequalities and undermine democratic values, economic growth and trust in government.

Regulatory impact analysis (RIA) is a systemic approach to critically assessing the positive and negative effects of proposed and existing regulations and non-regulatory alternatives.

L'analyse d'impact de la reglementation (AIR) est une demarche systemique d'evaluation critique des effets positifs et negatifs de la reglementation en projet ou en vigueur, ainsi que des substituts non reglementaires.

This review of regulatory reform in Australia comes at the right time to capture the attention of the OECD community.

Au cours des 20 dernieres annees, la gestion de l'emploi public a evolue de facon spectaculaire dans la plupart des pays de l'OCDE.

Belgian citizens want the look and feel of a single public sector entity and the provision of integrated e-government services customised to their needs rather than to have to understand the complex division of governmental responsibilities.

Corruption is a serious concern in many parts of the world.

Damages to economic assets resulting from natural disasters have soared in the past fifteen years, and climate change models forecast intensified exposure to extreme weather in many OECD countries.

Complex policy issues cannot be solved by government alone.

Reducing the time for registering a company from weeks and months to under one hour is a concrete result of a unique and ambitious initiative in Portugal to make the public sector more efficient and effective.

Over the past 20 years, the management of the public service has changed tremendously in most OECD countries.

Asian-Pacific countries have made significant efforts to address weaknesses in their procurement frameworks and practices.

The debate about how to achieve value for money in the delivery of government services is ongoing.

Ireland's economic success story is one that many OECD countries would like to emulate.

L'usage optimal des deniers publics dans la fourniture de services par les administrations est un sujet important et ce debat est toujours d'actualite.

The Southeast Asian region has experienced remarkable economic dynamism in the pastfew decades.

The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises are recommendations to international business for conduct in such areas as labour, environment, consumer protection and the fight against corruption.

Ces Principes directeurs de l'OCDE a l'intention des entreprises multinationales sont des recommandations l'intention des entreprises multinationales sur la conduite de leurs activits dans des domaines comme le travail, l'environnement, la protection des consommateurs et la lutte contre la corruption.

As Asian markets are now increasingly integrated in the world economy their domestic insolvency systems need to meet the expectations of international investors and lenders.

Cet examen de la gestion des ressources humaines (GRH) dans les administrations publiques en Belgique fournit un diagnostic detaille ainsi que des solutions a meme d'ameliorer la gestion du personnel des administrations publiques dans certaines regions.

This review of human resource management (HRM) in Belgian government is the first country review of its kind to be carried out by the OECD.

In recent years Italy has moved towards greater devolution of regulatory powers at regional level, in a European context where this dimension becomes increasingly important.

Offentliche Bauauftrage sind ein groes Geschaft.

Cutting red tape to improve business conditions has become a priority in OECD countries.

Cutting red tape and improving business conditions have become a priority in OECD countries.

Over the past few years, most Asian jurisdictions have substantially revamped their laws, regulations and other corporate governance norms.

A un moment ou les depenses publiques font l'objet d'ajustements pour repondre a de nouveaux besoins, ce rapport etudie l'impact qu'ont quatre institutions intervenant dans le processus budgetaire sur la reaffectation des ressources : les cadres de depenses a moyen terme, les regles de discipline budgetaire, le role du Ministre des finances et l'examen des programmes.

This book reviews the experiences of eight OECD countries (Australia, Canada, Denmark, Korea, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States) which have developed and used performance information in the budget process over the past ten years.

Cet ouvrage examine les experiences de huit pays (Australie, Canada, Coree, Danemark, Etats-Unis, Pays-Bas, Royaume-Uni, Suede) qui ont integre des informations sur la performance a leur processus budgetaire au cours des dix dernieres annees.

This volume provides quantitative information on central government debt instruments for the 30 OECD Member countries to meet the analytical requirements of users such as policy makers, debt management experts and market analysts.