This Review provides an overview of Costa Rica’s national institutions, legal framework, policies and initiatives underpinning the implementation of open government principles. It includes detailed recommendations to help the country achieve its goal of creating an open state.

This publication presents a stocktaking of open government strategies and practices in Latin American countries, allowing them to compare and benchmark against good international practice.

This review analyses key areas of public governance in Costa Rica, identifying opportunities to improve the performance of the state in order to ensure more effective and efficient service delivery for all.

The Review analyses the open government agenda of the Province of Biscay, based on the 2017 OECD Recommendation of the Council on Open Government. It assesses Biscay’s initiatives regarding transparency, accountability and stakeholder participation and how they impact the quality of public service delivery.

Costa Rica is seeking to consolidate democratic gains to safeguard trust in government and build economic resilience. This Integrity Review looks at how Costa Rica can translate its recent National Strategy for Integrity and Prevention of Corruption into a concrete and coherent integrity policy.

Argentina is undertaking an ambitious reform to move beyond open government to become an “open state”. This review assesses Argentina’s progress with implementing the 10 provisions of the 2017 OECD Recommendation of the Council on Open Government.

Despite progress, open government reforms remain uneven across the Arab region and are hampered by the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report assesses the economic and social impact of open government based on experiences and good practices in OECD and Arab countries.