The stability and State functionalityhe government and the public administration are important to detonate the economic development and social of the countries.
The role played by State involves complex processes of planning, investment, policy implementation and evaluation to achieve objectives. Furthermore, it is undeniable that governments relate—given the tasks of governing—with other actors and economic agents such as the companies that offer goods and services, which is why they are equally important in the creation of value from the public investment and the economic dynamism. The above without prejudice to the fact that the person must be at the center of all this scaffolding. For this reason, legal frameworks, ethical considerations and integrity rules must cover both the public and private and social sectors.
In the report entitled “Anti-corruption and integrity perspectives”, which published the OECD Recently, it is reported, based on public integrity indicators, how the frameworks of integrity of the member countries and points out some of the opportunities for improvement. The report suggests that a national anti-corruption strategy with solid integrity frameworks is one capable of mitigating the risks of corruption in private and public companies, state-owned companies and public-private partnerships, given their central nature in the entire society. society.
The data presented add to the generalized social optimism and the revaluation of the public sector in citizen evaluation and trust. This report, together with the study – also published by the OECD – “Overview of Public Administrations: Latin America and the Caribbean 2024”, record indicators of relatively good performance in relation to government reliability and service provision. However, they also point out the persistence of a certain skepticism about the government’s ability to control the problem of corruption. This happens because, in a good part of the countries analyzed, the integrity frameworks have not passed an ideal type design stage and moved towards implementation. In addition to this institutional challenge, States also face the democratic demand that the control of corruption and the adoption of integrity principles be extended to the private sector.
Although the importance of integrity rules in the public and private sectors, as well as in the relationships established between them, has been made explicit, the OECD points out that one of the main challenges is to mitigate the risks of corruption in the private sector, public companies, state-owned companies and public-private partnerships.
This scenario stands out above all in a context in which the spaces for interaction between State institutions and private agents could increase, regardless of the centrality of state action in the national development process. For example, the cases of the energy sector, and innovation and technology, stand out in the world. In the first sector (energy) the integrity risks and the need for anti-corruption mechanisms are highlighted by environmental responsibility and the fight against climate change that must be present in any representation of the public interest. In the second sector (innovation and technology), the increase in public-private interaction spaces is related to the presence and exponential use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, where almost nothing is said.
The truth is that, in the short term, these considerations regarding the expansion of anti-corruption and integrity perspectives should directly influence decision-making for the implementation of national anti-corruption strategies. In addition, multilateral organizations, such as the Latin American and Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS), highlight the relevance of generating joint strategies and minimum standards for the design and implementation of integrity rules in the private sector that participates. with the public sector or performs public functions; This is added to the integrity policies of supreme audit entities such as the ASF, which are robust when implemented and disseminated among the audit staff, as well as permanently updated.
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He has held various professional and academic positions, including: Head of the Regional Coordination and Institutional Relations Unit of the Federal Authority for the Development of Special Economic Zones, Internal Comptroller, Federal Court of Fiscal and Administrative Justice, Auditor Special Federalized Expenditure, in the Superior Audit of the Federation, Head of the Coordination Unit with Federal Entities (of the SHCP Member of the Governing Board of the SAT General Coordinator of the work of the National Treasury Convention held in 2004 representing the Ministry of Finance Secretary of Finance of Oaxaca President of the National College of Economists Professor of Economic Policy, Public Sector Economics and State Finance at the UNAM Faculty of Economics, since 1978. Due to his outstanding experience as a public servant, as well as in In the academic field, the Senior Auditor has various publications, among which are: Equity and fiscal effort, the Mexican experience (2006) Citizen participation and social control (1994) Fiscal federalism in Mexico 1989-1994 (1994) Social factors and economics of corruption (1993).
Since 1979 he has collaborated for various local and national print media. Currently, he participates with opinion columns in important media such as El Financiero and the weekly Eje Central.
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