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, public governance matters more than ever. Governance arrangements have played a critical role in countries’ immediate responses to COVID-19, and will continue to be crucial both during the recovery and in building a "new normal" in the years to come.
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