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dc.titleHuman Talent Management and Corruption Control: The Effect of the New Talents in Government Control Program on the Detection of Corruption in Peru
dc.contributor.authorPierri, Gastón
dc.contributor.authorLafuente, Mariano
dc.contributor.orgunitInstitutional Capacity of the State Division
dc.coveragePeru
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2022-06-08T00:06:00
dc.date.issue2022-06-08T00:06:00
dc.description.abstractGovernment oversight initiatives have demonstrated some effectiveness in the fight against corruption. However, lessons can be learned from the literature with regard to the impact of improvements in the auditors capacities and knowledge on effectiveness. This paper seeks to present evidence on the impact on efficiency of the New Talents in Government Control (Nuevos Talentos en Control Gubernamental) program, instigated by the Comptroller General of the Republic (Contraloría General de la República, or CGR) in Peru with respect to processing citizen complaints. This program offers a rigorous training and specialization process for professionals who are recruited from outside the CGR and selected on merit (with a 1.25 percent acceptance rate), Civil servants who successfully complete the selection process and receive the training are expected to achieve a better performance. Using data from the CGR complaints system and from the specialized train-ing, the difference-in-differences methodology was applied to evaluate the impact of the program at the regional office level. The results showed that the offices that incorporated New Talents into their team increased their success rate in dealing with complaints by 36 percentage points, and the success rate of incidents reported rose by 32 percentage points, while the success rate for warnings improved by 27 percentage points. According to these preliminary results, the program appears to be an effective initiative for improving the CGRs internal processes and contributing to the fight against corruption.
dc.format.extent22
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004290
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Human-Talent-Management-and-Corruption-Control-The-Effect-of-the-New-Talents-in-Government-Control-Program-on-the-Detection-of-Corruption-in-Peru.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Gestion-del-talento-humano-y-control-de-la-corrupcion-el-efecto-del-Programa-de-Nuevos-Talentos-en-Control-Gubernamental-sobre-la-deteccion-de-corrupcion-en-Peru.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectAuditing
dc.subjectRating
dc.subjectHuman Capital
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectInnovation
dc.subjectTransparency and Anticorruption
dc.subjectPolitical Corruption
dc.subject.jelcodeD73 - Bureaucracy • Administrative Processes in Public Organizations • Corruption
dc.subject.jelcodeI28 - Government Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeM53 - Training
dc.subject.jelcodeO15 - Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration
dc.subject.keywordscomplaints;corruption;government control;human talent
dc.typeDiscussion Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-DP-00952
idb.operationPE-L1240
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