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”.

Sustainable Development Goals:

ALL SDG Goals