This report was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate under the direction of Elsa Pilichowski, Director of the Public Governance Directorate (GOV), and Nejla Saula, Head of GOV’s Anti-Corruption, Integrity and Open Government Division.
The report was co-ordinated and drafted by Frédéric Boehm and Laura Córdoba Reyes, with inputs and comments from Pauline Bertrand, Elodie Beth, Isabella Cabal Mazuera, Juan Camilo Ceballos Oviedo, Luna Díaz Rodríguez, Renan Fernandes, Jacobo García, David Goessmann, Vitor Geromel, María Eugenia Heyaca, Tuzla Lathiff, Jean-François Leruste, Ignacio Mansilla, Juliette Martinez-Rossignol, Franco Schiappacase, Mayara Soares Faria, François Villeneuve and Helene Wells. It benefited from the revision and valuable comments from Janos Bertok, Jesper Johnsøn, Carissa Munro and Carlos Santiso. Administrative and communication support was provided by Valentin Py. Final preparation of the report for publication was carried out by Meral Gedik.
This work benefitted from inputs provided by Nicolás Dassen and Sebastián Del Hoyo from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as well as from the discussions in the OECD-IDB Public Integrity Network for Latin America and the Caribbean. The report draws extensively on contributions provided by delegates to the OECD Working Party on Public Integrity and Anti-Corruption (PIAC), whose contributions are gratefully acknowledged.
A preliminary version of this report was presented and discussed at the Third OECD Ministerial Summit on Governance of Latin America and the Caribbean in Paraguay on 10th November 2025, the 9th meeting of the OECD-IDB Public Integrity Network for Latin America and the Caribbean on 11th November 2025 and the Latin American Side Event at the OECD Global Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum on 26th March 2026. Additionally, written comments were shared by the General Secretariat for Public Integrity (Secretaría General de Integridad Pública) of Ecuador and the National Commission against Corruption (Comisión Nacional contra la Corrupción) of Guatemala.
The foreword and acknowledgements were added by the OECD Secretariat.