Iraq Public Expenditure and Institutional Assessment, Volume 1 : Public Financial Management in a Conflict-Affected Environment
The public expenditure and institutional assessment (PEIA) were motivated by a number of factors. First, both the Government of Iraq (GoI) and its international development partners have recognized the critical importance of sound management of Ira...
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Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2017
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/331471468253478514/Public-financial-management-in-a-conflict-affected-environment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28209 |
Summary: | The public expenditure and institutional
assessment (PEIA) were motivated by a number of factors.
First, both the Government of Iraq (GoI) and its
international development partners have recognized the
critical importance of sound management of Iraq's
substantial public financial resources. Both parties support
the reform and modernization of public financial management
(PFM), as articulated in the International Compact for Iraq
(ICI). Secondly, international experience demonstrates the
importance of establishing a baseline against which progress
in PFM over time can be measured. This implies the need for
an assessment which provides the information necessary to
measure the performance of a country's PFM system.
Thirdly, the devastating circumstances in Iraq during the
past 5 years have made the institutional arrangements for
PFM the subject of considerable uncertainty. The PEIA can
help to shape and prioritize the necessary development
program. The report is organized in two main parts. Volume
one contains a summary of the main issues to emerge from the
public expenditure and financial accountability (PEFA)
assessment and a discussion of a number of specific PFM
issues of current importance to Iraq, including: capital
investment budgeting (CIB), oil revenue management, the Iraq
financial management information system (IFMIS), public
accounting and accountability, and payroll management.
Volume two contains a detailed technical analysis behind the
PEFA assessment. |
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