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Property tax Board
Property tax is an important local government funding mechanism. How well a local government manages their property tax activity is one indicator used in assessing the overall public financial management performance of a local government. Explore the varied issues associated with the administration of property tax on our Pinterest “Property tax” Board.
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State-owned enterprises Board
Explore the varied issues associated with the governance and management of state-owned enterprises and the links arising between this service delivery mechanism and public financial management on our Pinterest “State-owned enterprises Board”
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Procurement Board
Explore the range of issues associated with procurement, an important public financial management activity on our Pinterest “Procurement Board”
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Book Review –“ Public Finance and Economic Growth in Developing Countries”
Review by David Fellows of: ‘Public Finance and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Lessons from Ethiopia’s reforms’ by Stephen B Peterson PhD, Professor of Public Finance, Melbourne School of Government, Published by Routledge This is a remarkable book. It has the ring of coruscating honesty which is unique in my experience of case-based literature that…
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Asian Development Bank’s PPP Offering
New fund to assist PPP preparation On 25 January 2016 the ADB launched its fund to finance preparatory costs for creating partnerships with private sector counterparts for the development of essential infrastructure projects. Such arrangements are seen as attracting private sector expertise and financial backing to unlock national economic potential and provide much needed services.…
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Trend in Papua New Guinea’s public financial management
SlideShare presentation We have prepared a SlideShare presentation that discusses the desperate state of Papua New Guinea’s public financial management (PFM). The presentation highlights a deteriorating trend in the country’s PFM over recent years and its very poor recent performance compared with most other countries based on Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment methodology.…
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Papua New Guinea’s poor and deteriorating financial management: can it be turned around?
By David Fellows and John Leonardo[1] Background on Papua New Guinea (PNG) Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a lower-middle-income economy heavily dependent upon commodity exports. It has an extremely diverse social structure with fierce clan loyalties, characteristics that provide severe challenges to the effective working of government that have not yet been successfully addressed.[2] [3]The…
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Foresight Africa 2016
Read Foresight Africa 2016 from the Brookings Institution This publication provides a discussion of six overarching themes that place Africa at a tipping point in 2016. Read this publication here.
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Doing Business 2015 Sub-Saharan Africa
Read Doing Business 2015 Sub-Saharan Africa Read the Doing Business 2015 regional profile for Sub-Saharan Africa. Learn how easy or difficult it is for local entrepreneurs to establish and run small to medium-size businesses when complying with relevant regulations. The quality of public financial management (PFM) in business regulatory agencies inevitably impacts on their operational…
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Human Development Report 2015
Read UNDP’s Human Development Report 2015 The report discusses how work can assist improvements in human development. The contents will interest a wide range of stakeholder groups. The report can be accessed here: Human Development Report 2015.