Publication: Paraguay : Integrated Fiduciary Assessment
Date
2008-04
ISSN
Published
2008-04
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This Integrated Fiduciary Assessment
(IFA) for Paraguay is an exercise in which the Government
convened its development partners, including the World Bank
(WB), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the
European Commission (EC) in a consultative process designed
to establish an agenda on Public Financial Management (PFM)
and Procurement (PR), and other related governance aspects.
It is expected that this process will contribute to: i)
identify key PFM & PR strengths and weaknesses of the
central government of Paraguay, including those related to
the management and implementation of the foreign financed
(through grants and loans) public investment programs; and
ii) prepare an action plan to guide future efforts in PFM
and PR for all central government spending. Paraguay has
made important progress in a number of governance areas in
recent years. The World Bank Institute (WBI) governance
indicators show some progress during the last decade. It is
also seen that public services are being delivered more
effectively, including in what attains to PFM and PR.
Nevertheless, important challenges still remain,
particularly in the area of curving down corruption.
Paraguay ranked 111 out of 163 countries in transparency
international's 2006 survey. The purpose of the IFA is
to assess PFM and PR performance in Paraguay. It
acknowledges the governance context and the corruption in
particular, which affects both the PFM and PR but does not
analyze them per se.
Citation
“World Bank. 2008. Paraguay : Integrated Fiduciary Assessment. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/588b233a-f0b9-5849-8a02-fc5f4d4d7e46 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”