# Public sector

URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/corruptionary/public-sector
Type: Corruptionary
Published: 2019-12-23
Updated: 2020-04-25

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The government and its decentralised units — including the police, military, public roads and transit authorities, primary schools and healthcare system — that use public funds and provide services based on the motivation to improve citizens’ lives rather than to make a profit.