Building Trust in Government through Citizen Engagement

This paper explores questions related to trust in government and citizen engagement based on a literature review and consultations with experts and World Bank practitioners. The authors unpack the understanding of what trust is by shedding light on...

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Main Authors: Kumagai, Saki, Iorio, Federica
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/440761581607070452/Building-Trust-in-Government-through-Citizen-Engagement
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spelling okr-10986-333462021-06-14T09:54:57Z Building Trust in Government through Citizen Engagement Kumagai, Saki Iorio, Federica CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT TRANSPARENCY GOVERNANCE PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM POLITICAL TRUST This paper explores questions related to trust in government and citizen engagement based on a literature review and consultations with experts and World Bank practitioners. The authors unpack the understanding of what trust is by shedding light on different types of trust and their measurements, explore the relationship between trust and citizen engagement, briefly discuss what governments can do to improve their citizens' trust in institutions, and conclude with areas for further exploration. This paper suggests trust in government and citizen engagement form a mutually reinforcing, interdependent dynamic in policy formation that is affected by common attributes and affect development outcomes and effectiveness. It is one in a series of four notes from the Governance Global Practice on citizen engagement in the areas of fragile, conflict, and violence situations, open government, trust, and emerging technology. 2020-02-19T16:56:33Z 2020-02-19T16:56:33Z 2020-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/440761581607070452/Building-Trust-in-Government-through-Citizen-Engagement http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33346 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
TRANSPARENCY
GOVERNANCE
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
POLITICAL TRUST
spellingShingle CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
TRANSPARENCY
GOVERNANCE
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
POLITICAL TRUST
Kumagai, Saki
Iorio, Federica
Building Trust in Government through Citizen Engagement
description This paper explores questions related to trust in government and citizen engagement based on a literature review and consultations with experts and World Bank practitioners. The authors unpack the understanding of what trust is by shedding light on different types of trust and their measurements, explore the relationship between trust and citizen engagement, briefly discuss what governments can do to improve their citizens' trust in institutions, and conclude with areas for further exploration. This paper suggests trust in government and citizen engagement form a mutually reinforcing, interdependent dynamic in policy formation that is affected by common attributes and affect development outcomes and effectiveness. It is one in a series of four notes from the Governance Global Practice on citizen engagement in the areas of fragile, conflict, and violence situations, open government, trust, and emerging technology.
format Working Paper
author Kumagai, Saki
Iorio, Federica
author_facet Kumagai, Saki
Iorio, Federica
author_sort Kumagai, Saki
title Building Trust in Government through Citizen Engagement
title_short Building Trust in Government through Citizen Engagement
title_full Building Trust in Government through Citizen Engagement
title_fullStr Building Trust in Government through Citizen Engagement
title_full_unstemmed Building Trust in Government through Citizen Engagement
title_sort building trust in government through citizen engagement
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/440761581607070452/Building-Trust-in-Government-through-Citizen-Engagement
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33346
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