Substantial but Uneven Achievement--Selected Success When Stars Align : Public Financial Management Reforms in Sierra Leone

In the decade following the end of the civil war, the Government of Sierra Leone made substantial progress in strengthening public financial management. Improvements were achieved across all aspects of the budget cycle and were particularly notable with regard to budget execution functions. The main...

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Main Authors: Tavakoli, Heidi, Cessay, Ismaila B., Cole, Winston Percy Onipede
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2015
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spelling okr-10986-226942021-04-23T14:04:10Z Substantial but Uneven Achievement--Selected Success When Stars Align : Public Financial Management Reforms in Sierra Leone Tavakoli, Heidi Cessay, Ismaila B. Cole, Winston Percy Onipede public financial management reforms post-conflict reconstruction In the decade following the end of the civil war, the Government of Sierra Leone made substantial progress in strengthening public financial management. Improvements were achieved across all aspects of the budget cycle and were particularly notable with regard to budget execution functions. The main factors that appear to have contributed to these improvements are a strong starting position at the beginning of the cease-fire; political appetite for public financial management reforms; a cadre of motivated and professional local technical advisers; and considerable international support co-ordinated through budget support operations. 2015-09-28T15:52:53Z 2015-09-28T15:52:53Z 2015-07-27 Journal Article International Peacekeeping 1353-3312 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22694 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo UNU-WIDER Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Sierra Leone
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topic public financial management
reforms
post-conflict reconstruction
spellingShingle public financial management
reforms
post-conflict reconstruction
Tavakoli, Heidi
Cessay, Ismaila B.
Cole, Winston Percy Onipede
Substantial but Uneven Achievement--Selected Success When Stars Align : Public Financial Management Reforms in Sierra Leone
geographic_facet Sierra Leone
description In the decade following the end of the civil war, the Government of Sierra Leone made substantial progress in strengthening public financial management. Improvements were achieved across all aspects of the budget cycle and were particularly notable with regard to budget execution functions. The main factors that appear to have contributed to these improvements are a strong starting position at the beginning of the cease-fire; political appetite for public financial management reforms; a cadre of motivated and professional local technical advisers; and considerable international support co-ordinated through budget support operations.
format Journal Article
author Tavakoli, Heidi
Cessay, Ismaila B.
Cole, Winston Percy Onipede
author_facet Tavakoli, Heidi
Cessay, Ismaila B.
Cole, Winston Percy Onipede
author_sort Tavakoli, Heidi
title Substantial but Uneven Achievement--Selected Success When Stars Align : Public Financial Management Reforms in Sierra Leone
title_short Substantial but Uneven Achievement--Selected Success When Stars Align : Public Financial Management Reforms in Sierra Leone
title_full Substantial but Uneven Achievement--Selected Success When Stars Align : Public Financial Management Reforms in Sierra Leone
title_fullStr Substantial but Uneven Achievement--Selected Success When Stars Align : Public Financial Management Reforms in Sierra Leone
title_full_unstemmed Substantial but Uneven Achievement--Selected Success When Stars Align : Public Financial Management Reforms in Sierra Leone
title_sort substantial but uneven achievement--selected success when stars align : public financial management reforms in sierra leone
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2015
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22694
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