Keywords
FINANCIAL REPORTINGPUBLIC EXPENDITURE
FISCAL STANCE
COMMUNIST
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM
MANDATES
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
MINISTERS
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
CITIZENS
NATIONS
REVENUE SOURCES
PUBLIC FINANCES
BUDGET SYSTEM
BUDGET PROCESS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
SOCIAL SECTORS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
MINISTRIES OF FINANCE
TREASURY OPERATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
CASH FLOWS
INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
TAX
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
CIVIL SERVICE
DISCLOSURE
EMPLOYMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
LICENSES
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
PAYROLL SYSTEMS
EXECUTION
PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
ALLOTMENTS
FINANCE MINISTRIES
LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
WAGES
PROVISIONS
CONSENSUS
HOUSING
AUTHORITY
NATIONAL LEGISLATURES
PROCUREMENT PLAN
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
FISCAL REFORMS
FISCAL YEAR
DECREE
COUNCILS
EXPENDITURE
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR
SALARY ADMINISTRATION
MUNICIPALITY
TREASURY
DECREES
TRANSPARENCY
FISCAL
LOWER HOUSE
PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING
BUDGET EXECUTION
MIGRATION
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
FISCAL MANAGEMENT
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
UPPER HOUSE
CIVIL SERVICE ACCOUNTABILITY
FISCAL POLICY
AUDITING FUNCTION
PENSIONS
INTEREST RATES
HUMAN RESOURCES
INFLATION
STATE INSTITUTIONS
ROADS
DISTRICTS
SUBSIDIARY
PUBLIC RESOURCES
BUDGET MANAGEMENT
DEFICIT FINANCING
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
BUDGET SYSTEMS
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
REHABILITATION
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
CONSTITUTION
MUNICIPALITIES
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14941Abstract
The paper cover two broad themes in the
 recent reform of fiscal and economic management in
 Afghanistan. The first part, The Journey So Far, sets out
 the impressive policy and institutional reforms that the
 Interim and Transitional Administrations have made since the
 Bonn conference in November 2001. It provides some details
 of the challenges faced by the Ministry of Finance, and very
 particularly the complexities of managing intensive donor
 interest and significant volumes of development assistance,
 while balancing the need for responsiveness to donor
 priorities with a concern to build institutional strengths
 of the public sector. The section notes the complexity of
 the vested interests that had built up within the
 administration during the Soviet and Taliban periods, and
 the need to revive, while simultaneously reforming, the
 fiscal management processes. The second part, Current
 Priorities, explores the fiscal and economic management
 tasks that the Ministry of Finance is now confronted with.
 The section opens with a review of the strategic options for
 structuring the Ministry of Finance, and the additional
 challenges and opportunities presented by the new
 constitution. The revised budget law is perhaps the most
 significant and far-reaching of the institutional reforms
 planned. The significance of the municipalities as a
 potential platform for enhanced service delivery to an
 increasingly urbanized population is also noted.Date
2013-08-08Type
Publications & Research :: PublicationIdentifier
oai:openknowledge.worldbank.org:10986/149410-8213-5786-7
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14941
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 structure.The main purpose of this report is to
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 modernization of the PFM system. To this end, the report:
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 specific activities in a selection of reform areas
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 approved debtsustainability and fiscal strategy
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 might be improved. Strengthen the government banking
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 system; develop accounting and cash management functions at
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 units in the treasury department; and introduce new budget
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 into a new integrated financial management information
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Nigeria - A Fiscal Agenda for Change : Public Expenditure Management and Financial Accountability Review, Volume 2. Executive SummaryWorld Bank (Washington, DC, 2012-06-11)This report reviews the trends in
 expenditure patterns in public financial management (PFM) in
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 ongoing government reform efforts. The public expenditure
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 (PER), the country financial accountability assessment
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