Only 33% trust Panama government – OECD

WHILE   The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has given Panama  a pat on the back  for adopting policies  directed towards transparency, a report issued on Monday, April 9 from the body’s headquarters in Paris  shows that that only 33% of Panamanians trusted the government  in 2016, a figure below the OECD average (37%).

Policies adopted  such as the reform of public procurement laws so that the administration be more transparent and competitive, or the new rules on transparency in management

public, which provide for the openness and availability of information for the public got a positive rating in the report “Economic Perspectives of Latin America 2018” published jointly by the Development Center of the  OECD and  the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF).

The report, which portrays the perception that citizens have of the public institutions, concludes that  Panama  occupies one of the top positions in the list However, the report, which portrays the perception that citizens have of public institutions, concludes that only 33% of Panamanians trusted the government in 2016, a figure below the OECD average (37%) The average for Latin America is at 29%. With Mexico the lowest in the region with 28%.

The document highlights that Panama has improved over the past decade in relation to the government effectiveness, going from 0.06 in 2005 to 0.30 in 2015, on a scale between -2.5 and 2.5, according to the World Governance Indicators.

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