The objective of the assessment is to take stock of the performance of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR’s) public finance management (PFM) system, assess progress since the 2018 Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment, and inform the development of the Lao...

A long-established and widely used approach to management in government has been the transmission of information up a hierarchy, and centralized decision-making and oversight; colloquially known as 'command and control'. This paper examines accountability in such a system implemented at scale in...

Ensuring effective governance of local budgets is critical for public service delivery and sustainable development. Public audit institutions-including internal auditors and independent supreme audit bodies-are hypothesized to enhance local budget effectiveness by promoting transparency,...

This study investigates the transformative capacity of artificial intelligence (AI) in improving financial accountability and governance in the public sector. The study aims to explore the strategic potential and constraints of AI integration, especially as fiscal systems become more complex and...

This study explores how digital transformation affects the accounting and auditing profession and the quality of the accounting information system in governmental units in two developing contexts in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region-Egypt and Saudi Arabia. We collected data by...

Die aktuelle Schuldenbremse verhindert notwendige Zukunftsinvestitionen. Dieser Beitrag enthält einen pragmatischen Änderungsvorschlag des Artikel 109 Abs. 3 GG, der im Kern für einen Übergang von der kameralen Betrachtung der Einnahmen und Ausgaben zur kaufmännischen Betrachtung als...

The report presents an analysis of the adoption and implementation of accrual accounting in the public sector to explore its role in providing information on fiscal sustainability, informing economic analysis, and supporting policy decision-making. The analysis examines the benefits and...

The purpose of this paper was to identify the information users assumed by the financiers of local governments in India and to empirically clarify the determinants of these users. The Ministry of Finance requires local governments in India to prepare public accounting information based on...

The adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) is gaining momentum across the world. Greece initiated a general financial management reform program which includes the transformation of financial accounting. The public sector in Greece adopted IPSAS-based standards...

This research aims to investigate the impact of the Internal Audit Function (IAF), Internal Control (IC), and Fraud Prevention (FP) on governance (GOV). Additionally, this study examines whether IC and FP mediate the relationship between the IAF and GOV. The testing was conducted in the local...

Accountability refers to a relationship of responsibility, answerability, and enforceability between individuals and groups. In contrast to traditional institutions that rely on enforcement of accountability through traditional legal frameworks, blockchain systems rely on the "rule of code",...

The Guyana government, from 2015 to 2021, accumulated a large overdraft on its central bank account. It owed this overdraft to a binding debt ceiling limit and fractious political environment that prevented an increase in the ceiling, allowing for the auctioning of Treasury bills to create the...

The Armenia public sector accountability survey is instrumental in addressing the disparities between de jure laws and regulations and de facto practices and seeks to fill existing knowledge gaps and inform further definition and implementation of the government's anticorruption initiatives. The...

The success of agricultural Small and Medium Enterprises (agri-SMEs), among other factors, heavily relies on their ability to manage finances effectively. This study examined the extent to which agricultural SMEs in Tanzania practice financial management activities. The study employed a...

This article presents the systematic literature review (SLR) of accountability of pondok pesantren (Islamic boarding school). The purpose is to provide a review of the existing literature (theoretical/empirical) on the accountability of pondok pesantren and to analyze the future agenda of...