Responding to COVID-19: The rules of good governance apply now more than ever
Good public governance is more important than ever
In times of crisis such as the current COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social repercussions, public governance matters more than ever. Governance arrangements have played a critical role in countries’ immediate responses, and will continue to be crucial both to the recovery and to building a “new normal” once the crisis has passed.
The OECD has been taking stock of country responses and developing analysis and recommendations on a range of public governance topics. The resulting evidence-based policy responses below are designed to help governments tackle the crisis and plan for a sustainable recovery.
Evidence-based policy responses for a sustainable recovery
Regulation
- REGULATORY QUALITY AND COVID-19
- REGULATORY POLICY AND COVID-19: BEHAVIOURAL INSIGHTS FOR FAST-PACED DECISION MAKING
- REGULATORY RESPONSES TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
- NO POLICYMAKER IS AN ISLAND: IRC RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS
- HOW ECONOMIC REGULATORS BOLSTER THE RESILIENCE OF NETWORK INDUSTRIES IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS
- REMOVING ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS, IMPROVING REGULATORY DELIVERY
- THE USE OF REGULATORY MANAGEMENT TOOLS IN A TIME OF CRISIS
- REGULATORY POLICY AND THE COVID-19 CRISIS (WEBSITE)
Public sector innovation
Open government and public communication
Public integrity
- POLICY MEASURES TO AVOID CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY IN THE COVID-19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
- PUBLIC INTEGRITY FOR AN EFFECTIVE COVID-19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
- STOCKTAKING REPORT ON IMMEDIATE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE RESPONSES TO COVID-19
- SAFEGUARDING COVID-19 SOCIAL BENEFIT PROGRAMMES FROM FRAUD AND ERROR
- OECD PUBLIC INTEGRITY HANDBOOK
Budgeting and public management
- GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING IN TIMES OF CRISIS
- COVID-19 AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS: COMBINING GREEN BUDGETING AND TAX POLICY TOOLS FOR A BETTER RECOVERY
- GREEN BUDGETING AND TAX POLICY TOOLS TO SUPPORT A GREEN RECOVERY
- LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OVERSIGHT OF EMERGENCY RESPONSES: EXPERIENCES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC
- COVID-19 AND FISCAL RELATIONS ACROSS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
- PUBLIC SERVANTS AND THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
- INDEPENDENT FISCAL INSTITUTIONS: PROMOTING FISCAL TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY DURING THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC
- INITIAL BUDGET AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT RESPONSES TO THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC IN OECD COUNTRIES
Countering illicit trade
Infrastructure and procurement
- STOCKTAKING REPORT ON IMMEDIATE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE RESPONSES TO COVID-19
- PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE GOVERNANCE: INITIAL POLICY RESPONSES TO THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) CRISIS
- BUSINESS CONTINUITY IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS AND IDENTIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS (COMING SOON)
Policy coherence, co-ordination, evaluation
- FIRST LESSONS FROM GOVERNMENT EVALUATIONS OF COVID-19 RESPONSES: A SYNTHESIS
- IMPROVING GOVERNANCE WITH POLICY EVALUATION
- SUPPORTING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DURING THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) CRISIS (SIGMA)
- COVID-19 CRISIS RESPONSE IN MENA COUNTRIES
- BUILDING RESILIENCE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE ROLE OF CENTRES OF GOVERNMENT
- BUILDING COHERENT RESPONSES FOR A SUSTAINABLE POST-COVID-19 RECOVERY