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The PFM landscape

The local laws and global frameworks public-finance professionals report under.

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  1. Global · Accounting

    IPSAS

    Accrual accounting standards from the IPSASB — the reporting language governments worldwide are adopting.

  2. Global · Statistics

    IMF GFS framework

    GFSM 2014 classifies revenue, spending, deficits and debt so fiscal data compares across countries.

  3. Local · Law

    National PFM acts & regulations

    Each jurisdiction's public-finance law sets budgeting, treasury, debt and reporting duties — such as Kenya's PFM Act, 2012.

  4. Global · Audit

    INTOSAI standards (ISSAIs)

    The auditing standards supreme audit institutions apply when they audit government entities.

  5. Global · Assessment

    PEFA framework

    Scores how well a country's PFM systems deliver credible budgets, transparency and control.

45+IPSAS standards guiding accrual reporting
150+countries assessed under the PEFA framework
2014the IMF GFS manual guiding fiscal statistics
1997the first IPSAS was issued

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