Blavatnik Index of Public Administration

Read the 2024 results

The 2024 Blavatnik Index of Public Administration covers 120 countries across four domains: strategy and leadership; public policy; national delivery; and, people and processes. You can read the about the results through the sections below, starting with the foreword from Professor Ngaire Woods, Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government, a PDF version of the report is also available.

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Foreword

Foreword by Professor Ngaire Woods, Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government and words from Lord Gus O’Donnell, former UK Cabinet Secretary and chair of the Index’s Senior Leadership Panel
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Background and purpose

Why we have developed the Blavatnik Index of Public Administration
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Overall Results

The overall Index results for the 120 countries covered by the Blavatnik Index of Public Administration
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Strategy and Leadership

Results for the Strategy and Leadership domain, including the strategic capacity, openness and communications, integrity, and innovation themes.
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Public Policy

Results for the Public Policy domain covering the policymaking, regulation, crisis and risk management, and use of data themes.
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National Delivery

Results for the national delivery domain including the system oversight, digital services, tax administration and border services themes.
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People and Processes

Results for the People and Processes theme including the diversity and inclusion, HR management, procurement, and technology and workplaces themes.
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Results by income groups

The overall results grouped by the World Bank’s four income classes: high income, upper middle income, lower middle income, and low income.
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Results by regional groups

The overall results by six geographic regions: Americas; Asia and Pacific; Eastern Europe; Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa; and, Western Europe.
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Next steps

Correlation with other indicators, helping governments with their refor plans, conducting further research, and improving the data landscape.
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Methodology overview

A brief overview of the Index’s methodology.

Acknowledgements

We wish to thank faculty, fellows, other researchers, staff and students at the Blavatnik School of Government for their comments, critiques and support as we have developed the Index. We also wish to thank all the external stakeholders who have helped us in the development of the work through their thoughts and feedback, especially those who participated in and attended meetings of our Senior Leadership Panel.

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