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Note: Improving PFM digital transparency in African finance ministries
by John Leonardo Introduction This note provides an introduction to our “Improving PFM digital transparency in African finance ministries” presentation which is also available as a video. Transparency of public finances is a key element of a public financial management (PFM) system enabling public scrutiny of government actions and intentions. Transparency of public finances is…
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Trends in African finance ministries’ social media usage
We have prepared a SlideShare presentation that highlights the response levels achieved recently by African finance ministries in their social media activities. You can view the presentation at: http://www.slideshare.net/johnleo/african-finance-ministries-social-media-and-public-financial-managementAfrican finance ministries, social media and public financial management. This supplements the material presented in our recent blog. African-finance-ministries-social-media-and-public-financial-management
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African Finance Ministries, Social Media and Public Financial Management
Posted by David Fellows and John Leonardo[1] What contribution does the Social Media have to make to improving public financial management (PFM) and fiscal transparency? In a recent study, we found that 26 of the 34 OECD states had Twitter sites and 18 had a Facebook presence.[2] Further work on African countries revealed that 11…