Post-Conflict Security Sector and Public Finance Management : Lessons from Afghanistan
In recent years, international organizations have concluded that standard principles of Public Finance Management (PFM) are equally applicable to all areas of the national budget, including the security sector. In many cases long-term external ass...
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okr-10986-111822021-04-23T14:02:54Z Post-Conflict Security Sector and Public Finance Management : Lessons from Afghanistan Middlebrook, Peter Simpson, Rima Melloul, Karene ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING AGGREGATE FISCAL AGGREGATE FISCAL CONSTRAINTS ANNUAL BUDGET ANNUAL BUDGET FORMULATION ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS ARMED FORCES AUDITOR GENERAL BASIC SERVICES BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET AUTHORITIES BUDGET CYCLE BUDGET EXECUTION BUDGET FORMULATION PROCESS BUDGET PLANNING BUDGET YEAR BUDGETARY EXPENDITURES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY-BUILDING CAPITAL BUDGET CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM DECISION-MAKING DONOR COORDINATION DONOR FUNDING EXPENDITURE ALLOCATIONS EXPENDITURE DECISIONS EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FISCAL CONSTRAINTS FISCAL DECISIONS FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL ENVELOPE FISCAL HEALTH FISCAL OPERATIONS FISCAL PERSPECTIVE FISCAL PROJECTIONS FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SPENDING HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINTS INFORMATION FLOWS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT MILITARY TRAINING MINISTRY OF FINANCE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES NATIONAL BUDGET NATIONAL PRIORITY NATIONAL SECURITY OVERSIGHT BODIES POLICY DECISIONS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEWS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC POLICY OBJECTIVES PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SPENDING REFORM PROGRAMS RESOURCE ALLOCATION SECTOR BUDGET SECTOR CEILINGS SECTOR MINISTRIES SECTOR POLICIES SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL CAPITAL STRATEGIC ALLOCATION STRATEGIC ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES STRATEGIC POLICY STRATEGIC PRIORITIES TOTAL SPENDING TRANSPARENCY In recent years, international organizations have concluded that standard principles of Public Finance Management (PFM) are equally applicable to all areas of the national budget, including the security sector. In many cases long-term external assistance may be required for the security sector, generating severe trade-offs with other priority sectors which also require long-term external support. Overcoming the legacy of a fiscally unsustainable and poorly managed security sector calls for full application of PFM principles to support the establishment of checks and balances required to establish a wholly accountable security sector. The recent World Bank PFM review of Afghanistan, perhaps the first example of such a review, provides a number of lessons, summarized in this note. Some of these include: security in post-conflict situations is a key condition for a return to political normalcy and conversely, development is also needed for security; PFM practices can take into consideration the most complex and confidential issues without undermining the application of the fundamental principles of accountability to elected civil authorities; and reviewing security reform through a PFM lens reduces risks and costs to both the country concerned and donors. 2012-08-13T14:22:42Z 2012-08-13T14:22:42Z 2006-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/07/7235810/post-conflict-security-sector-public-finance-management-lessons-afghanistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11182 English Social Development Notes; No. 24 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia Afghanistan |
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ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING AGGREGATE FISCAL AGGREGATE FISCAL CONSTRAINTS ANNUAL BUDGET ANNUAL BUDGET FORMULATION ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS ARMED FORCES AUDITOR GENERAL BASIC SERVICES BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET AUTHORITIES BUDGET CYCLE BUDGET EXECUTION BUDGET FORMULATION PROCESS BUDGET PLANNING BUDGET YEAR BUDGETARY EXPENDITURES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY-BUILDING CAPITAL BUDGET CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM DECISION-MAKING DONOR COORDINATION DONOR FUNDING EXPENDITURE ALLOCATIONS EXPENDITURE DECISIONS EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FISCAL CONSTRAINTS FISCAL DECISIONS FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL ENVELOPE FISCAL HEALTH FISCAL OPERATIONS FISCAL PERSPECTIVE FISCAL PROJECTIONS FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SPENDING HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINTS INFORMATION FLOWS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT MILITARY TRAINING MINISTRY OF FINANCE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES NATIONAL BUDGET NATIONAL PRIORITY NATIONAL SECURITY OVERSIGHT BODIES POLICY DECISIONS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEWS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC POLICY OBJECTIVES PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SPENDING REFORM PROGRAMS RESOURCE ALLOCATION SECTOR BUDGET SECTOR CEILINGS SECTOR MINISTRIES SECTOR POLICIES SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL CAPITAL STRATEGIC ALLOCATION STRATEGIC ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES STRATEGIC POLICY STRATEGIC PRIORITIES TOTAL SPENDING TRANSPARENCY |
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ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING AGGREGATE FISCAL AGGREGATE FISCAL CONSTRAINTS ANNUAL BUDGET ANNUAL BUDGET FORMULATION ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS ARMED FORCES AUDITOR GENERAL BASIC SERVICES BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET AUTHORITIES BUDGET CYCLE BUDGET EXECUTION BUDGET FORMULATION PROCESS BUDGET PLANNING BUDGET YEAR BUDGETARY EXPENDITURES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY-BUILDING CAPITAL BUDGET CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM DECISION-MAKING DONOR COORDINATION DONOR FUNDING EXPENDITURE ALLOCATIONS EXPENDITURE DECISIONS EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FISCAL CONSTRAINTS FISCAL DECISIONS FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL ENVELOPE FISCAL HEALTH FISCAL OPERATIONS FISCAL PERSPECTIVE FISCAL PROJECTIONS FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SPENDING HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINTS INFORMATION FLOWS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT MILITARY TRAINING MINISTRY OF FINANCE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES NATIONAL BUDGET NATIONAL PRIORITY NATIONAL SECURITY OVERSIGHT BODIES POLICY DECISIONS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEWS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC POLICY OBJECTIVES PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SPENDING REFORM PROGRAMS RESOURCE ALLOCATION SECTOR BUDGET SECTOR CEILINGS SECTOR MINISTRIES SECTOR POLICIES SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL CAPITAL STRATEGIC ALLOCATION STRATEGIC ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES STRATEGIC POLICY STRATEGIC PRIORITIES TOTAL SPENDING TRANSPARENCY Middlebrook, Peter Simpson, Rima Melloul, Karene Post-Conflict Security Sector and Public Finance Management : Lessons from Afghanistan |
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In recent years, international
organizations have concluded that standard principles of
Public Finance Management (PFM) are equally applicable to
all areas of the national budget, including the security
sector. In many cases long-term external assistance may be
required for the security sector, generating severe
trade-offs with other priority sectors which also require
long-term external support. Overcoming the legacy of a
fiscally unsustainable and poorly managed security sector
calls for full application of PFM principles to support the
establishment of checks and balances required to establish a
wholly accountable security sector. The recent World Bank
PFM review of Afghanistan, perhaps the first example of such
a review, provides a number of lessons, summarized in this
note. Some of these include: security in post-conflict
situations is a key condition for a return to political
normalcy and conversely, development is also needed for
security; PFM practices can take into consideration the most
complex and confidential issues without undermining the
application of the fundamental principles of accountability
to elected civil authorities; and reviewing security reform
through a PFM lens reduces risks and costs to both the
country concerned and donors. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Middlebrook, Peter Simpson, Rima Melloul, Karene |
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Middlebrook, Peter Simpson, Rima Melloul, Karene |
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Middlebrook, Peter |
| title |
Post-Conflict Security Sector and Public Finance Management :
Lessons from Afghanistan |
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Post-Conflict Security Sector and Public Finance Management :
Lessons from Afghanistan |
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Post-Conflict Security Sector and Public Finance Management :
Lessons from Afghanistan |
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Post-Conflict Security Sector and Public Finance Management :
Lessons from Afghanistan |
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Post-Conflict Security Sector and Public Finance Management :
Lessons from Afghanistan |
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post-conflict security sector and public finance management :
lessons from afghanistan |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/07/7235810/post-conflict-security-sector-public-finance-management-lessons-afghanistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11182 |
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