Day2 sp3 levergood-icgfm_gt survey december 8 2015

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Jason Levergood & Alejandro Chiappe
Grant Thornton International
Innovation in public
financial management
in an increasingly complex and
uncertain global environment
IMF
December 8, 2015

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Agenda
• About ICGFM surveys
– methodology
– history
– confidentiality
– purpose
• Key survey categories
• LATAM regional perspective
• Conclusions
• Acknowledgements

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About ICGFM and Grant Thornton surveys
• Sponsored by ICGFM, conducted by Grant Thornton
• Survey methodology
• Anonymity
• Purpose: Support the ICGFM mission and provide
insight to PFM professionals for improving government
financial management

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History
• 2005 Resisting Corruption in the Public Sector
• 2010 Progress in Public Financial Management Reform
• 2011 Public Financial Management Responses to an Economically
Challenging World
• 2013 Public Financial Management Reform in a Period of Global
Adjustment
• 2015 Public Financial Management Innovations in an Increasingly
Complex and Uncertain Global Environment

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Making a splash
• Financial Times
• AGA Journal of Government Financial Management
• Federal Times
• The Accountant UK
• GovExec
• Al Rai
• The Edge
• Government websites

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Organizational affiliation of respondents
[VALUE]
[VALUE]
[VALUE] 3%3
45
10
2
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Academic Institution Government Agency Others Development Bank or
Donor Organisation
% Number of responses
Number of responses =
60

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2015 Global Financial Management Leaders Survey
key categories
1. PFM reform: building capacity to match commitment
2. Mastering PPPs: crucial to meeting infrastructure
demand
3. Transparency: the digital opportunity
4. From financial crisis to new normal

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LATAM regional perspective
• PPP in the LATAM region and some particularities and perspectives in
Argentina
• Different maturity stages in the Provincial and Municipality Government
• Need of update of supporting IT developments in terms of hardware
and software
• Growing transparency demands and public access to the financial
information
• Social financial statements and reports

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Acknowledgments
• ICGFM President Jack Maykoski, Executive
Committee, ICGFM Members worldwide
• MIT CFP and Doug Criscitello
• Grant Thornton partners, member firms, London
Global Industries Marketing, Mumbai Global
Research Center

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Thank you
Jason.Levergood@gti.gt.com