Public Finance Management

Subtopics:

• Introduction to Public Finance Management 
• Institutions for Fiscal Discipline 
• Linking Policy, Planning and Resources
• Regulation of Performance 
• Financial Management Systems and Controls
• Ensuring Compliance: Monitoring and Enforcement 
• Organization and Management of Central Agencies
  

Institutions come in many different forms: legislation, delegation of authority, regulations, reporting requirements, procedural requirements, generally accepted principles and standards, norms, behavior and values are just a few. All of these dimensions have an impact on the quality of public expenditure management.

This section on public finance management (PFM) has a series of documents which discuss public finance management in terms of its objectives, processes, functions, organizations and people.