Learn about the impetus, objectives, and main elements of New Zealand’s public sector reform. This presentation discusses the results-based management approach as a crucial element in New Zealand’s reform efforts.

Learn about the concept of medium-term revenue strategy (MTRS).

This presentation discusses the MTRS approach to tax system reform. It traces where the concept of MTRS originated, explains its importance, and shows how it is different from most current approaches to revenue reform.

Property tax can help mobilize domestic resources but will require addressing both technical and policy issues and combining the strengths of both central and local governments. Learn about the challenges in and strategies for achieving a successful property tax reform.

Good corporate governance strengthens the rule of law, facilitates further domestic and foreign investment, and facilitates sustainable and inclusive development. By transforming corporate governance challenges into opportunities for stakeholder collaboration and cooperation, they can serve as catalysts for real and significant change.

A survey that identifies areas and cities in Pakistan where services are deficient and fall short of citizens’ satisfaction was designed by the Ministry of Planning Development and Reform in collaboration with UNDP Pakistan. Named as Citizen Satisfaction Index, the initiative provides periodic insights through a publicly-disclosed feedback loop for governance and service delivery and creates an accountability regime by encouraging public pressure and comparison.

Success in the achievement of the sustainable development goals starts with localization of the global agenda that positively impacts the lives of citizens through improved service delivery. This improved service delivery translates to effective delivery mechanisms which in turn strengthen the capacities of local governments.

With Mexico adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a state commitment in September 2015, a political council headed by the country’s president was created the following year to integrate the actions of the main stakeholders of the agenda, and to forge a consensus on the next steps. The subnational perspective of monitoring the sustainable development goals in the country is also explained in this presentation through the case of the Development Indicators Monitoring Program in Jalisco.

Educational quality, measured by cognitive skills, has a strong impact on individual earnings. More than that, however, educational quality has a strong and robust influence on economic growth. In both areas, there is credible evidence that these are truly causal relationships.