The World Bank’s Public Workforce Performance and Prosperity global report (2026) brings rigorous data analytics to the study of public administration and focuses on how to make the world’s 400 million public sector workers more effective in performing their core government functions to achieve better development outcomes. The report draws on the largest cross-national datasets on public sector employment, wages, and management practices in the world, and numerous country examples, to provide recommendations on reforms in pay policy, human resource management, capacity building, and digitalization of public administration to improve workforce performance in a fiscally sustainable way. The objective of this panel is to present the main findings and recommendations of the report, and to have an interactive discussion with officials from different countries on the priorities and challenges of workforce reforms to improve the lives of citizens.
Lead Governance Specialist. Global Program on Improving Public Administration Performance. World Bank. Estados Unidos
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