This report explores the scope and limits of parliamentary control over public expenditure in Bangladesh. It focuses on the collective method, identifying the role of three financial committees and a sample of four ministerial committees, referred to here as oversight committees, in the scrutiny...

This report consists of two volumes. Volume I examines whether, and how, the core goals of public expenditure management, i.e., balanced fiscal aggregates, resource allocations to strategic sectors, and equity and microeconomic efficiency of public spending are met in Ecuador. Volume II presents...

The public financial management (PFM) performance assessment in Mali covered all central government revenues and expenditures and the institutions responsible for their management. This means that the assessment covered central government ministries and institutions, along with their de...

The purpose of the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment is to provide the Government of Lao PDR (GOL) with a concise, standardized, objective, indicator-led assessment of the country's public financial management (PFM) systems to provide a benchmark against which to...

Mongolia's external economic outlook is dramatically changing as it faces sharp reductions in the copper price, caused by the financial crisis and global downturn. This compels the government now to drastically cut spending to prudently manage the budget. The budget is extremely dependent on...

The Government of Thailand has been undertaking wide ranging public financial management reforms since 1999 across the six core dimensions of Public Financial Management (PFM) performance identified in the performance measurement framework. Key reforms include: (i) the deployment of an...

This review was conducted in Cote d'Ivoire with the goal of establishing the reference situation of the management and system of public finances, including procurement, and facilitating the monitoring of the impact of the reforms to improve the management and efficiency of public policies and...