Accountability in Public Expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean : Revitalizing Reforms in Financial Management and Procurement

Based on a sample of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, this book sets out areas in which governments could focus to improve the quality of public expenditures. It seeks to identify, from a regional perspective, first, the cross-cutting...

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Main Authors: Ladipo, Omowunmi, Sánchez, Alfonso, Sopher, Jamil
Format: Publication
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
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spelling okr-10986-26472021-04-23T14:02:03Z Accountability in Public Expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean : Revitalizing Reforms in Financial Management and Procurement Ladipo, Omowunmi Sánchez, Alfonso Sopher, Jamil ACCOUNTABILITY CIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS POLICIES PROCUREMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR REFORMS TRANSPARENCY Based on a sample of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, this book sets out areas in which governments could focus to improve the quality of public expenditures. It seeks to identify, from a regional perspective, first, the cross-cutting strengths and weaknesses of public financial management and procurement systems, and second, the characteristics of and lessons that can be learned from reform programs. In undertaking this analysis, the authors have taken a particular interest in establishing what role civil society organizations may have played, or could play, in promoting transparency and accountability in the public sector. More specifically, this book focuses on the specific institutional arrangements and the policy choices that underpin the management of public finances, which are set out primarily in a sample of publicly available Country Financial Accountability Assessments and Country Procurement Assessment Reports undertaken by the World Bank and its development partners. 2012-03-19T10:03:53Z 2012-03-19T10:03:53Z 2009 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000334955_20090623051711 978-0-8213-7984-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2647 English Direction in Development ; public sector governance CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean Latin America
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
CIVIL SOCIETY
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
POLICIES
PROCUREMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
REFORMS
TRANSPARENCY
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
CIVIL SOCIETY
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
POLICIES
PROCUREMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
REFORMS
TRANSPARENCY
Ladipo, Omowunmi
Sánchez, Alfonso
Sopher, Jamil
Accountability in Public Expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean : Revitalizing Reforms in Financial Management and Procurement
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Caribbean
Latin America
relation Direction in Development ; public sector governance
description Based on a sample of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, this book sets out areas in which governments could focus to improve the quality of public expenditures. It seeks to identify, from a regional perspective, first, the cross-cutting strengths and weaknesses of public financial management and procurement systems, and second, the characteristics of and lessons that can be learned from reform programs. In undertaking this analysis, the authors have taken a particular interest in establishing what role civil society organizations may have played, or could play, in promoting transparency and accountability in the public sector. More specifically, this book focuses on the specific institutional arrangements and the policy choices that underpin the management of public finances, which are set out primarily in a sample of publicly available Country Financial Accountability Assessments and Country Procurement Assessment Reports undertaken by the World Bank and its development partners.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Ladipo, Omowunmi
Sánchez, Alfonso
Sopher, Jamil
author_facet Ladipo, Omowunmi
Sánchez, Alfonso
Sopher, Jamil
author_sort Ladipo, Omowunmi
title Accountability in Public Expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean : Revitalizing Reforms in Financial Management and Procurement
title_short Accountability in Public Expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean : Revitalizing Reforms in Financial Management and Procurement
title_full Accountability in Public Expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean : Revitalizing Reforms in Financial Management and Procurement
title_fullStr Accountability in Public Expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean : Revitalizing Reforms in Financial Management and Procurement
title_full_unstemmed Accountability in Public Expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean : Revitalizing Reforms in Financial Management and Procurement
title_sort accountability in public expenditures in latin america and the caribbean : revitalizing reforms in financial management and procurement
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
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