Towards More Effective and Dynamic Public Management in Mexico

Mexico needs a more efficient government to face fiscal challenges and effectively tackle social problems such as poverty, access to basic quality services, and infrastructure. This book is part of a series of country reviews undertaken by the OECD to help countries assess their public management arrangements from an international comparative perspective in terms of their ability to deliver on government objectives across the whole-of-government, and their preparedness to meet current and future challenges.



The Mexican government has advanced in implementing structural reforms concerning a professional civil service, streamlining the norms that regulate the operations of the federal government, and e-government. This report explains the contributions of these reforms to good public governance and argues in favour of their continuity to ensure long-lasting positive effects.
Furthermore, it outlines horizontal conclusions and recommendations to advance public administration reform in Mexico, concluding that a professional workforce, with clear rules to carry out its functions in an efficient and honest environment – which incorporates state-of-the-art technologies – will be better suited to tackle the challenge of doing more with less, while addressing the demand for more and better public services.

Table of contents
Acronyms
Country factsheet: Mexico
Executive summary
Principal elements of good public governance
Contribution of the three public administration levers to good governance
General conclusions on public administration reform in Mexico
Bibliography
Country factsheet and Executive summary in French
Chapter 1 Regulation inside government in Mexico: policies and framework
Introduction
Regulatory policy, their key elements and instruments, within the context of the OECD
Development of regulatory reform in Mexico
Evaluation of the Guillotine of Administrative Regulations
Performance indicators of the administrative handbooks
Conclusions and key recommendations
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 2 Leveraging e-government to find new approaches to old challenges
Background
The e-government context
E-government: objectives and achievements
E-government institutional and governance framework
Strengthening co-ordination and collaboration across levels of government
The National Interoperability Scheme
Measuring the government’s digital maturity
Strategic development of e-government
The National System e-México 2010-2015
The digital economy strategy
Main e-government projects and initiatives
Maximising e-government projects’ benefits
Reduction of administrative and substantive internal regulations
Looking ahead: leveraging new e-government services
Conclusions and key recommendations
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 3 The challenges of professionalising public servants in Mexico
Introduction
The Mexican federal public administration
The Professional Career Service System (SPC)
Towards a dynamic and fair Professional Career Service
Towards a successful HRM reform
Towards the dissemination of best HR practices
Conclusion and key recommendations
Notes
Bibliography