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Accountability and Control of Public Spending in a Decentralised and Delegated Environment

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  • Joaquin Sevilla

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This article provides an overview of different accountability and control issues in public spending. In a decentralised environment, public spending needs ome degree of fiscal discipline, favourable institutional relationships, a stable negotiation framework, management co-operation, permanent and transparent reporting, and reliable and co-operative control structures across levels of government. The article discusses elements such as the role of the supreme audit institution in external and legislative control, the creation of audit committees to reinforce internal control, the use of performance contracts between ministries and agencies to ensure accountability and the search for efficiency, the use of third-party providers in public service delivery (including publicprivate partnerships) and the implications for government monitoring and control, and the use of performance information and programme evaluation.

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  • Joaquin Sevilla, 2006. "Accountability and Control of Public Spending in a Decentralised and Delegated Environment," OECD Journal on Budgeting, OECD Publishing, vol. 5(2), pages 7-21.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:govkaa:5l9vdh0c0wnw
    DOI: 10.1787/budget-v5-art8-en
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    1. Hoppe, Eva I. & Schmitz, Patrick W., 2010. "Public versus private ownership: Quantity contracts and the allocation of investment tasks," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(3-4), pages 258-268, April.
    2. Marius Constantin PROFIROIU & Septimiu Rares SZABO, 2016. "Outsourcing vs decentralisation: A comparative analysis in Central and Eastern Europe," Eco-Economics Review, Ecological University of Bucharest, Economics Faculty and Ecology and Environmental Protection Faculty, vol. 2(2), pages 3-26, December.

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