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Cost effectiveness of Budget Support
Dear all, I'm looking for studies that aim to compare the cost effectiveness of budget support relative to other aid modalities. Although inherently difficult to compare, there must have been some attempts, I presume using case studies, to find comparable unit costs of service delivery for different aid modalities? Grateful for any advice!
Duke University accepting applications for Budgeting and Financial Mgmt training program
The Duke Center for International Development (DCID) will conduct the program on Budgeting and Financial Management in the Public Sector (BUDGET) at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, U.S., July 22 – August 10, 2012. The three-week program is organized around four modules—budget and the national economy, budget processes and frameworks, budgeting and financial management techniques, and public sector reform. The program is a combination of theoretical concepts and techniques, and practical applications based on experience in the field.
Latest Issue of International Journal of Governmental Financial Management published
The latest issue of the International Journal of Governmental Financial Management was recently published and is now available for free download from: www.icgfm.org/journal.htm
FitzFord, PFM Boarder of the Year 2011
According to tradition, soon after Time Magazine nominates its 'Person of the Year', the partners at www.PFMBoard.com nominate the 'PFM Boarder of the Year' . In 2010 it was Albani in Kosovo http://pfmboard.com/index.php?topic=1173.0 . This year we travel to the East Coast of USA: FitzFord is the PFM Boarder of the year 2011 (you find his profile at http://pfmboard.com/index.php?action=profile;u=15 ). Motivation: FitzFord created and is moderating one of the most active boards on the site, i.e. the Decentralization Board (http://pfmboard.com/index.php?board=27.0) .
PFM Board Video Sessions
PFM Board: our second '1,000' target has been met
Hi, there;
You may remember our three performance '1,000' targets: contacts from 1,000 cities (met), 1,000 posts and 1,000 registered members.
Simon Maxwell - Budget support is becoming an endangered species: what Busan must do to save it
Please refer to Simon Maxwell's website: http://www.simonmaxwell.eu/blog/budget-support-is-becoming-an-endangered-species-what-busan-must-do-to-save-it.html
The Destruction of Economic Facts, Hernando de Soto
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_19/b4227060634112.htm
Renowned Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto argues that the financial crisis wasn't just about finance—it was about a staggering lack of knowledge (Article published in Bloomberg Business Week, 28 April 2011).
PFM Board at one year
Hi, there;on this Sunday, April the 10th, the PFM Board will celebrate its first year online.
EVERY MEMBER IS FREE AND WELCOME TO POST DOCUMENTS OR CONTRIBUTIONS!!!!!
For that purpose, click on "Documents" and then on "Upload a document" or on "Blog" and then on "Write a Blog Post" and inform the few references applicable to your contribution that will make it more traceable.
Online conversation with Gord Evans on Integrated Planning System
For our second online conversation, www.PFMBoard.com has invited Gord Evans, a free-lance with extensive experience on public administration reform and in particular integrated planning.
Public Investment Management: Linking Global Trends to National Experiences
I am proud to inform you that the new book 'Public Investment Management: Linking Global Trends to National Experiences' is now published.http://www.amazon.co.uk/Public-Investment-Management-National-Experiences/dp/3639313003 'This book focuses on the need to "put the management in charge" of the implementation of public investment and public policies, in order to render as flexib
Public Internal Financial Control (PIFC)
Many colleagues will be familiar with the PIFC however for those who are not - a quick overview and links for further reading. Starting from its initial concern relating to the EU funds management and control, the PIFC concept was applied in EU Accession countries and is increasingly being developed in a number of Neighbourhood States.
There are three basic components for the definition of PIFC. The three pillars of managerial accountability-based PIFC are composed of:
- Financial management and control systems and procedures- Internal audit- Central harmonisation functions
Government Budgets' shortcomings
Government accounts are afflicted by a twofold shortcomings:
- On one hand, they are shortsighted and lack time perspective, since budgets are generally for one year, with only limited perspective on a three year horizon.
- On the other hand, accounts are specialized for liquidity management and do not address either the question of income nor the question of wealth accounting in any significant manner.
Continue reading the dialogue at http://pfmboard.com/index.php?topic=18.0
Program budgeting - How to set up a program structure in a ministry?
Sometimes fellow practitioners like to make their life complicated when introducing a program structure in their budget system.
Public consultation on EU budget support (Green Paper)
The European Commission has launched a consultation on the future of EU budget support. The period of consultation runs from 19/10/2010 to 31/12/2010. The full documentation as well as more practical details about the consultation itself can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/development/how/consultation/index.cfm?action=viewco....