Areas of Expertise

Public Financial Management

IDG builds capacity for Public Financial Management (PFM) in partner countries so that countries are able: to raise sufficient revenues to pay for public expenditures while not placing too onerous a burden on the private sector; to spend public money effectively and efficiently on highest-priority programs; and to manage fiscal burdens to ensure a sound macro environment.

  • IDG can provide assistance across a range of areas:
    • Budgeting and expenditure management
    • Developing a Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF)
    • Building a robust treasury system based on a Single Treasury Account (STA)
    • Introducing a modern Government Financial Management Information Systems (GFMIS)
    • Building independent internal and external audit functions to ensure checks and balances are instituted and operational
    • Building sound Domestic Revenue Mobilization, supporting tax and revenue policy and administration
    • Ensuring adequate public debt management
    • Conducting cost-benefit analysis for public and public-private investments, and managing investments
    • Establishing transparent public procurement processes

We work with countries at the national and subnational levels. At the subnational level, institutional capacity tends to be weaker, and there are more limitations on raising revenues. Our assistance at the subnational level helps to raise taxes, fees and licenses, and to establish sound revenue sharing approaches between national and subnational levels.

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