Scrutinizing public expenditures: assessing the performance of public accounts committees (English)

In 2002, David McGee wrote a comprehensive report on two important elements in the system of public financial accountability, namely the office of the Auditor General and the parliamentary oversight committee commonly referred to as the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The purpose of the present paper is to deepen McGee's analysis of PACs. In particular, the authors define PAC success and identify those factors that affect PAC peformance. They use...

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Pelizzo,Riccardo;

Sahgal,Vinod B.;

Stapenhurst, Rick;

Woodley,Charles William;
Document Date
2005/05/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS3613
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Scrutinizing public expenditures: assessing the performance of public accounts committees
Keywords
International Financial Reporting Standards

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Pelizzo,Riccardo; Sahgal,Vinod B.; Stapenhurst, Rick; Woodley,Charles William.

Scrutinizing public expenditures: assessing the performance of public accounts committees (English). Policy Research working paper series ; no. WPS 3613 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/300811468176047128

Scrutinizing public expenditures: assessing the performance of public accounts committees (English)

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