This report was prepared by the Public Governance Directorate (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director, and direction of Gillian Dorner, Deputy Director. It was conceptualised, co-ordinated and authored by Daniel Gerson, Claire Salama and Marco Daglio. Matthieu Cahen, Senior Counsellor to the Director, provided strategic guidance throughout the preparation of the report. Pietro Gagliardi drafted the sections on public finance and budgeting. Angelos Karayannopoulos provided research and statistical assistance.
The authors would like to also gratefully acknowledge the inputs and comments provided by colleagues across the Public Governance Directorate: Shaimaa AbdelHalim, Carlotta Alfonsi, Nestor Alfonzo Santamaria, Alana Baker, Emily Bakos, Emilie Balbirnie, Jamie Berryhill, Erika Bozzay, Costanza Caputi, Simon Cox, Conor Das-Doyle, Renan Fernandes, Sara Fyson, Jacobo Garcia Villareal, David Goessmann, Santiago González, Felipe González-Zapata, Angela Hanson, András Hlács, Stéphane Jacobzone, Sanda Jugo, Vasiliki Kanellopoulou, Marianna Karttunen, Kenza Khachani, Delphine Moretti, Donal Mulligan, Giuseppa Ottimofiore, Seong Ju Park, Ollin Perez, Arnault Prêtet, Jack Radisch, Mayara Soares, Liv-Kristin Skow, Tony Tripp, Daniel Trnka and Marie Whelan.
The report draws on the work and insights from the OECD’s Public Governance (PGC), Senior Budget Officials (SBO) and Regulatory Policy Committees (RPC) and all of their working parties whose members have constantly shown the leadership and dedication to make this report possible.
Government Unstuck was prepared for publication by Meral Gedik.
The Foreword and Acknowledgements were added to this publication by the OECD Secretariat.