West Bank and Gaza : Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability

The purpose of the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment is to review the performance of the Palestinian Authority's (PA's) Public Financial Management (PFM) framework. The assessment examines progress since an...

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Main Author: World Bank
Other Authors: European Union
Format: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18191107/west-bank-gaza-public-expenditure-financial-accountability-public-financial-management-performance-report
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spelling okr-10986-159392021-04-23T14:03:23Z West Bank and Gaza : Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability World Bank European Union Assistance Technique France U.N. Development Programme AUDIT BUDGET COMPREHENSIVENESS BUDGET CONTROL BUDGET EXECUTION BUDGET PREPARATION BUDGET TRANSPARENCY EXPENDITURES POLICY-BASED BUDGETING PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REFORMS REVENUES The purpose of the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment is to review the performance of the Palestinian Authority's (PA's) Public Financial Management (PFM) framework. The assessment examines progress since an informal PEFA assessment in 2007 and provides a baseline for supporting the PA in refining, where necessary, the current PFM reform strategy. The assessment has been undertaken following the PEFA performance measurement framework methodology as revised in January 2011. The assessment builds on previous reports by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on various aspects of the PA's PFM system. The assessment is based on publicly available documents and supplementary information provided by the PA and other stakeholders. These include annual budget documents, annual fiscal outturn reports, and specific reports produced by various stakeholders. The scope of the assessment includes the Public Financial Management of the central government, the subnational government (municipalities and community villages), and the autonomous public entities which are all under the umbrella of the Palestinian investment fund. The PA was established in 1994 following the 1993 Oslo agreement, with responsibility for the West Bank and Gaza (WBG) under Palestinian control. The PA has adopted a PFM model which broadly follows the Anglophone model, but in the years following its establishment, authority has increasingly become concentrated in the executive branch and the role of parliament has been reduced. The current PEFA assessment outlines a strong link between the various reforms that require a more integrated technical assistance approach. Many of these reforms are to be implemented together with other interconnected reforms in order to produce effective results. This underscores the challenging context, in which these reforms have to be implemented, but also the opportunity to create synergy and impetus between, and ownership of, the various components of the reform agenda. 2013-09-30T21:24:04Z 2013-09-30T21:24:04Z 2013-06-17 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18191107/west-bank-gaza-public-expenditure-financial-accountability-public-financial-management-performance-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15939 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) Economic & Sector Work Middle East and North Africa West Bank and Gaza
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topic AUDIT
BUDGET COMPREHENSIVENESS
BUDGET CONTROL
BUDGET EXECUTION
BUDGET PREPARATION
BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
EXPENDITURES
POLICY-BASED BUDGETING
PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
REFORMS
REVENUES
spellingShingle AUDIT
BUDGET COMPREHENSIVENESS
BUDGET CONTROL
BUDGET EXECUTION
BUDGET PREPARATION
BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
EXPENDITURES
POLICY-BASED BUDGETING
PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
REFORMS
REVENUES
World Bank
West Bank and Gaza : Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability
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West Bank and Gaza
description The purpose of the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment is to review the performance of the Palestinian Authority's (PA's) Public Financial Management (PFM) framework. The assessment examines progress since an informal PEFA assessment in 2007 and provides a baseline for supporting the PA in refining, where necessary, the current PFM reform strategy. The assessment has been undertaken following the PEFA performance measurement framework methodology as revised in January 2011. The assessment builds on previous reports by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on various aspects of the PA's PFM system. The assessment is based on publicly available documents and supplementary information provided by the PA and other stakeholders. These include annual budget documents, annual fiscal outturn reports, and specific reports produced by various stakeholders. The scope of the assessment includes the Public Financial Management of the central government, the subnational government (municipalities and community villages), and the autonomous public entities which are all under the umbrella of the Palestinian investment fund. The PA was established in 1994 following the 1993 Oslo agreement, with responsibility for the West Bank and Gaza (WBG) under Palestinian control. The PA has adopted a PFM model which broadly follows the Anglophone model, but in the years following its establishment, authority has increasingly become concentrated in the executive branch and the role of parliament has been reduced. The current PEFA assessment outlines a strong link between the various reforms that require a more integrated technical assistance approach. Many of these reforms are to be implemented together with other interconnected reforms in order to produce effective results. This underscores the challenging context, in which these reforms have to be implemented, but also the opportunity to create synergy and impetus between, and ownership of, the various components of the reform agenda.
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title West Bank and Gaza : Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability
title_short West Bank and Gaza : Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability
title_full West Bank and Gaza : Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability
title_fullStr West Bank and Gaza : Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability
title_full_unstemmed West Bank and Gaza : Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability
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url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18191107/west-bank-gaza-public-expenditure-financial-accountability-public-financial-management-performance-report
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