Supreme audit institutions can contribute to promoting substantial improvements in public management. In Colombia, the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) has implemented a new preventive and concomitant control function that identifies risks while projects and budgets are...

pt. 1. Public accounts committees and national audit offices : an introduction -- pt. 2. Public accounts committees in Europe -- pt. 3. Public accounts committees in Australia and the Pacific -- pt. 4. Public accounts committees in Asian regions -- pt. 5. Public accounts committees in African...