This report is the work of the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director. The report was co-ordinated by Sarah Kups, under the direction of Valerie Frey, Acting Head of GOV's Governance Indicators and Performance (GIP) Division. Monica Brezzi, then Head of GIP, oversaw survey questionnaire development. The report was drafted by Sarah Kups (Chapters 1, 3, 4 and 6), Simeon Lauterbach (Chapter 2), Emma Phillips (Chapter 5), Valerie Frey (Chapter 6) and Mariana Prats (Chapter 7). Simeon Lauterbach carried out the statistical analysis and prepared the data visualisation jointly with Alexis Kyander and Delia Dinca. Alexis Kyander and Emma Phillips led the technical and content creation of the country notes, respectively. Andreas Kapounek, of the University of Cambridge, carried out analysis presented in Box 1.3 of Chapter 1.
Meral Gedik prepared the report for publication. Jocelene Bonneau and Sarah Babay provided administrative support, and Andrea Urhammer guidance and support throughout the publication process. Thibaut Gigou and Justin Kavanagh prepared communication materials. The French translation was thoroughly reviewed and edited by Emma Phillips and Thibaut Gigou.
Valuable input and feedback were provided by colleagues in the Public Governance Directorate, including Jamie Berryhill, Marco Daglio, Gillian Dorner and David Goessman. Conor Das-Doyle and Alessandro Lupi supported the team in the review of the country notes, and Cameron Knott in the creation of figures.
The report greatly benefited from inputs provided by the senior- and technical-level country delegates to the Public Governance Committee Global Trust Survey Project. These delegates, comprised of public officials and representatives from national statistical offices, also provided guidance and constructive feedback on questionnaire content, design and translation in local languages. Pre-testing of new survey questions by the Ministry of Finance of Chile and the German Federal Statistical Office is gratefully acknowledged.
This work was made possible through voluntary contributions of the participating countries as well as generous financial support by the EEA and Norway Grants, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF).