Conclusion: Towards an agenda for good governance and integrity in the region

Good public governance and a strong culture of integrity are indispensable to support countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in their efforts to shift to a more inclusive and sustainable growth path and to provide better public services to their citizens. This publication gathers the main challenges faced by the region concerning integrity and governance, such as the wide gap between de jure quality of regulations and de facto implementation, the risk of policy capture, weaknesses in the civil service and the lack of autonomy of prosecution services, both at the local and national levels.