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Record Nr.

UNINA9910745585203321

Autore

Hepworth Noel

Titolo

Public Financial Management and Internal Control : The Importance of Managerial Capability for Successful Reform in Developing and Transition Economies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023

©2024

ISBN

3-031-35066-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (593 pages)

Disciplina

352.4

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1: Changing from Financial Control to Financial Management in the Public Sector: An Introduction to the Changes That Will Be Required -- 1.1  The Aim of and Audience for This Guide -- 1.2  Why Is Management Relevant and Important? -- 1.2.1  Management -- 1.2.2  Leadership and Organisational Culture -- 1.3  Key Terms and Facets of PFM/IC Reform -- 1.3.1  The Budget -- 1.3.2  Cash Management -- 1.3.3  Management Accounting -- 1.3.4  Control -- 1.3.5  External and Internal Control -- 1.4  Implementing Reform from a Management Perspective -- 1.4.1  Longer Term Public Financial Management -- 1.4.2  Ownership of the PFM/IC Reform and Stability in the Reform Process -- 1.4.3  Corporate Governance (or 'Good Governance') -- 1.4.4  The Timing of the Reform -- 1.5  Applying This Reform -- 1.5.1  The Practical Consequences of the PFM/IC Reform -- 1.5.2  How Will the Existing Political and Operational Management React in Practice to Advanced Public Financial Management Reforms? -- 1.6  Individual Governments and This Reform -- 1.7  Structure of This Guide -- 1.8  Summary -- Annex 1 -- Likely Consequences of the Reform -- The Managerial Consequences of the PFM/IC Reform -- The Control and Budgetary Consequences of the Reform -- The Accountability and Transparency Consequences of the Reform -- 2: Implementing Public Financial Management and Internal Control (PFM/IC) -- 2.1  The



Context for Public Financial Management and Internal Control (PFM/IC) -- 2.2  Implementing PFM/IC Reform -- 2.3  Who Is the Manager? -- 2.4  Efficiency and Effectiveness and PFM/IC Reform-Why Countries Should Want to Introduce the Reform -- 2.4.1  Securing Efficiency and Effectiveness -- 2.4.2  The Role of the Operational Manager in Achieving Efficiency and Effectiveness -- 2.5  Defining 'Sound Financial Management'.

2.5.1  Sound Financial Management -- 2.5.2  Financial Control -- 2.5.3  Cost Drivers and Cost Centres -- 2.6  Appreciating the 'Management' in Public Financial Management -- 2.6.1  The Professionalisation of 'Management' -- 2.6.2  Challenges to Professionalising Management -- 2.6.3  Management Structures and Delegation -- 2.7  Internal Control and Management -- 2.8  The Ministry of Finance and Its Controls -- 2.9  Second-Level Organisations -- 2.10  The Head of Finance -- 2.11  The Time Horizon for Decision Making Under PFM/IC -- 2.12  Effective Public Financial Management and the Information Requirements -- 2.13  Achieving the Benefits of PFM/IC -- 2.13.1  Management and the Benefits of the Reform -- 2.13.2  Integrating PFM/IC Reform with Managerial Reform -- 2.13.3  Promoting Financial Literacy and Awareness -- 2.13.4  Engaging a Wider Set of Actors in Financial Decision Making -- 2.14  Learning Lessons from the Experience of Countries Aiming to Introduce PFM/IC -- 2.15  PFM/IC and Delegation -- 2.16  PFM/IC and Decentralisation -- 2.17  Summary -- 3: The Distinction Between Public Financial Management and Internal Control (PFM/IC) and Public Financial Administration and Internal Control (PFA/IC) -- 3.1  Public Financial Administration and Internal Control (PFA/IC) -- 3.1.1  Control Prior to the Adoption of PFM/IC -- 3.1.2  The Control Environment -- 3.1.3  Limitations of PFA/IC -- 3.2  Comparing PFM/IC and PFA/IC -- 3.2.1  An Overview of the Comparison -- 3.2.2  The Objectives of Control -- 3.2.3  Budgetary Control -- 3.2.4  Development of Budgets -- 3.2.5  Parliamentary Scrutiny -- 3.2.6  Internal and External Audit -- 3.2.7  Consequential Features of PFM/IC That Do Not Exist with PFA/IC -- 3.3  Summary -- Annex: A Detailed Comparison of PFA/IC and PFM/IC -- 4: The Practical Steps for Initiating a Successful PFM/IC Reform.

4.1  This Is a Management Reform! -- 4.1.1  The Managerial Impact -- 4.1.2  The Benefits of the PFM/IC Reform -- 4.1.3  Control -- 4.1.4  The Timetable for the Reform and the Role of Parliament -- 4.1.5  The Tests That Can Be Applied to Assess the Feasibility of the Reform -- 4.2  How Is the PFM/IC Reform to BeUndertaken? -- 4.2.1  Who Should Be Responsible for the Development of the PFM/IC Reform Policy, Its Application and Local Ownership of the Reform -- 4.2.2  Achieving Local Ownership -- 4.2.3  The Role of Parliament -- 4.2.4  The Basic Elements of This Reform Recognising That This Is an Ongoing Reform -- 4.3  Will Delegation of Operational Management to the Civil or Local Government Service Cause Politicians to Lose Control ? -- 4.4  How Should the Reform Be Applied Across the Public Sector? -- 4.5  Establishing a 'Driving Force for Change' Within a Ministry of Finance -- 4.6  Summary -- 5: The Responsibilities of the Minister of Finance, the State Secretary, and the Ministry in the Development of a PFM/IC Policy -- 5.1  The Responsibilities of a Minister of Finance and Senior Officials -- 5.1.1  The Minister of Finance and PFM/IC -- 5.2  Before the Reform! -- 5.2.1  The Initial Assessment -- 5.2.2  The Appropriateness of the Decision to Introduce PFM/IC -- 5.2.3  A Critical Issue for a Minister of Finance -- 5.2.4  The Benefits and Costs of the Reform -- 5.2.5  The Ministry of Finance and the Finance Function Within Line Ministries and Local Governments -- 5.2.6  How the Minister of Finance Should Regard PFM/IC -- 5.2.7  Coordination



with the Different Ministry of Finance Technical Departments -- 5.2.8  The Minister of Finance and Other Ministers -- 5.2.9  The Minister of Finance and Parliament -- 5.3  During the Reform! -- 5.3.1  Establishing the Appropriate Organisational Structures to Apply the Reform.

5.3.2  Cooperation with the Ministry or Department Responsible for Public Administration or Civil Service Reform -- 5.3.3  The Use of Performance Information -- 5.3.4  The Organisation of Financial Information for Management Purposes -- 5.3.5  Internal Control Arrangements Within Line Ministries and Local Governments -- 5.3.6  PFM/IC and Budgetary Control -- 5.3.7  PFM/IC and the Quality of Public Expenditure -- 5.3.8  The Impact of PFM/IC on the Control of Second-Level Bodies Such as Agencies and State-Owned Enterprises -- 5.3.9  PFM/IC: Securing the Managerial and Technical Capacity: Advice and Training -- 5.3.10  Encouraging Managerial Initiative: A Need to Review Penalty and Inspection Arrangements -- 5.3.11  Financial Regulations and Other Advice to Be Issued by the Minister of Finance -- 5.4  Sustaining the Reform -- 5.4.1  The Minister of Finance and the Timescale for Application -- 5.4.2  The Need for a Consistency of Approach over Time and for Consensus Between Different Strands of Political Opinion -- 5.4.3  The Ministry of Finance and Annual Arrangements for the Review of the Impact of PFM/IC -- 5.5  Summary -- Annex -- 6: Risks and Unintended Consequences of the Reform -- 6.1  The Background to Risk and Unintended Consequences -- 6.1.1  Definitions -- 6.1.2  Causes of Unintended Consequences -- 6.1.3  Reducing the Potential for Risks and Unintended Consequences -- 6.1.4  Protecting Against Risks and Unintended Consequences, Including a Role for Internal and External Audit -- 6.2  Examples of Unintended Consequences -- 6.3  Performance Information and Using 'Bureaucracy' as an Indicator of Performance -- 6.4  Managing Relations with Aid Agencies with the Aim of Avoiding Risks and Unintended Consequences Arising from Aid Support -- 6.5  The Factors Which May Be a Cause of Risks and Unintended Consequences.

6.6  The Warning Signs Leading to Potential Unintended Consequences -- 6.7  Arrangements for the Monitoring and Evaluation of the Reform -- 6.8  Summary -- 7: The Responsibilities of the Top Operational Management Official in Public Organisations for the Implementation and Quality Control of PFM/IC -- 7.1  Nominal and Real Responsibility for the Application and Quality Control of PFM/IC -- 7.1.1  The PFM/IC Leadership Application Arrangements -- 7.1.2  The Responsibilities of a State Secretary or Equivalent Before the Application of the PFM/IC Policy -- 7.1.3  The Role and Responsibilities of a State Secretary (or Equivalent) Operating in a Managerial Environment -- 7.1.4  The Specific Financial Responsibilities of a State Secretary with the Implementation of PFM/IC -- 7.1.5  Where No State Secretary Post Exists But Each Department Within a Ministry Is Headed by a 'Director' Who Reports Directly to a Minister -- 7.1.6  The Importance of Good Corporate Governance Arrangements -- 7.1.7  The Relationship Between Line Ministry State Secretaries and the Ministry of Finance State Secretary with the Application of PFM/IC -- 7.1.8  The State Secretary, Internal Audit and Inspection -- 7.2  Summary -- 8: The Role of the Head of Finance and the Finance Department in Line Ministries and Other Public Organisations with the Application of PFM/IC -- 8.1  The Significance of Financial Management -- 8.1.1  Financial Management in Public Organisations -- 8.1.2  Financial Management, Decision Making and the Role of the Head of Finance -- 8.2  Functions of the Head of Finance Prior to the Application of PFM/IC



-- 8.2.1  The Background -- 8.2.2  A Summary of the Responsibilities of the Head of Finance Before the Introduction of PFM/IC -- 8.3  The Responsibilities of a Head of Finance with the Introduction of PFM/IC -- 8.3.1  The Changed Background.

8.3.2  The Key Changes That the Head of Finance Should be Prepared for, Including Support to Managers.