By David Fellows, John Leonardo and Cornelia Körtl[1] Revelations in the Panama Papers released earlier this month have focused international attention on the hidden financial structures that facilitate the transfer of assets obtained through both legal and criminal means to…
Corruption Correlations Our blog “International Development and the Challenge of Public Sector Corruption” discusses the results of our examination of correlations for the control of corruption and government effectiveness and public financial management (PFM) performance. Corruption and Government Effectiveness Correlations…
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…
We have prepared a SlideShare presentation that recommends improvements to the current Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) methodology for assessing public financial management. You can view the presentation at: http://www.slideshare.net/johnleo/the-need-for-improvement-in-public-expenditure-and-financial-accountability-pefa-assessment-methodology. This presentation supplements the material presented in our recent blog…