Author:  Rodin-Brown, Edwin

Summary:  Over the past decade, developing, transition and post-conflict countries have increasingly embarked on efforts to computerize government operations, particularly with respect to public financial management. Most common among these have been efforts to introduce integrated financial management information systems (IFMIS) that computerize and automate key aspects of budget execution, accounting and reporting. IFMIS can enable prompt and efficient access to financial and non-financial data and help strengthen government financial controls, improving the provision of government services, raising the budget process to higher levels of transparency and accountability, and expediting government operations.  This best practices study catalogues and discusses best practices around the world in the design, development and implementation of government IFMIS, drawing on the relevant literature and country experiences.

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