Enhancing the Oversight Impact of Chile’s Supreme Audit Institution
Applying Behavioural Insights for Public Integrity
The impact of the work of supreme audit institutions (SAIs) largely depends on the
ability and willingness of the audited entities to implement the changes suggested
in the audit reports issued by the SAIs. Applying behavioural insights (BI) can help
SAIs promote the uptake of their audit reports and recommendations. BI is a perspective
based on psychology, cognitive science, and social science that takes into account
how humans actually make choices, and can be used to help design better policies.
The report analyses how the SAI of Chile, the Comptroller General of the Republic
(CGR), produces audit reports and monitors their follow-up. Based on this analysis,
the report identifies and discusses challenges hampering the timely follow-up and
identifies opportunities to use behavioural insights to address them. Ultimately,
a behaviourally informed review of the auditing and follow-up process could help significantly
improve the added value of the CGR’s work and thus the effectiveness and efficiency
of the public administration in Chile.
Published on May 16, 2022Also available in: Spanish
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