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PFM intro - lec1.pptx
1. Simon Delay
International Development Department
School of Government and Society
s.e.de-lay@bham.ac.uk
PFM
Public Financial Management
Session 1: Introduction
Why Does Money Matter?
Concepts and Tools
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Module Objectives
After attending this module, completing the
associated readings and carrying out the
assigned tasks you should:-
be familiar with the key concepts of financial
management in the public sector
understand the strengths and weaknesses of
different techniques for financial management
be able to participate fully in the strategic financial
management of a public sector organisation
3. Assessment
100% Assignment – Due: 9 May
- Review literature on PFM reform
Plus
- EITHER Assess PFM in a country
- OR Assess PFM in an individual public
organisation
- (Details in Handbook)
Optional Formative Assignment – Due 31 March
- First part of summative assignment
- Indicative grade and feedback provided
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4. Resources on Canvas
Handbook
- Session outline
- Assignment details
- Detailed reading guidance
PPT slides/Videos for each session
- Read in advance
Other supplementary materials
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5. Key reading recommendations
Text by Schiavo Campo available as ebook
Schiavo-Campo, Salvatore (2017) Government Budgeting and Expenditure
Management: Principles and International Practice. Routledge
Book by Schick available in full for free on
internet
Schick, Allen (1998) A Contemporary Approach to Public Expenditure
Management (Washington: World Bank)
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6. Issues?
Is it accounting?
Is it highly mathematical?
Is it economics?
How much help with the assessment?
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7. Contacting Me
Office Hours (Term-Time) Make appointment:
Tuesdays 11-30- 1.30
Wednesdays 12.30-1.30
By email
s.e.de-lay@bham.ac.uk
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Session Objectives
After attending this session and completing the
associated readings you should:-
understand the special nature of the public sector
in the financial management context
understand the concepts of control, accountability
and responsibility
be familiar with the key stages of financial
management in the public sector
understand the principal-agent conceptual
framework for analysing issues
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Money in the Public Sector
Money matters because
virtually all government activities require some
money
there is not enough of it
it has often been taken forcibly from citizens
through taxation
it is being managed by people to whom it does not
belong
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Fin. Mgt. at the heart of Public Reform
•Budgeting rules
•Audit rules
•Accounting rules
•Watchdog bodies
•Judicial independence
•NGO support
•Community action
•Competitive service
delivery
•Private participation
•privatisation
Rules &
Restraints
Competitive
pressures
“Voice” &
Partnership
Source: adapted from
WB (2000) Reforming
Public Institutions
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The Evolution of Public Sector Fin. Mgt.
Control
Performance
Voice
1850s 1960s 1990s
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Public Sector and Private Sector
Private Sector Public Sector
Money and Objective Money a Constraint
Single Objective
(profit maximisation)
Multiple Objectives
(mostly welfare related)
Focused Ownership Diverse Ownership
Competition typical Competition limited
Bankruptcy and takeovers discipline
poor performers
Bankruptcy and takeovers of limited
relevance
Financed manly by charges Financed mainly by taxes
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Responsibility, Accountability & Control
Responsibility
having the task of carrying out a function
Accountability
having to report/explain/justify how you carried out
a task (after the event) & being subject to sanctions
Control
being subject to restrictions on how you carry out a
task (before the event)
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Old and New Economics
“Old” Economics “New” Economics Significance
perfect competition widespread monopolies/
imperfect competition
role for govt. regulation
limited opportunities for use of contracting
perfect knowledge asymmetric information
widespread uncertainty
difficulties in control, monitoring
complete markets missing markets for many
risk-related problems
state needs to supply some services like
health insurance
zero transaction
costs
significant transaction
costs
using market may be costly
perfect rationality bounded rationality use of short cut planning and decision-
making techniques
short-term self-
interested behaviour
long term self-interested
behaviour
altruism
need to understand motivation
suppliers to govt. may act opportunistically
using markets may be counter-productive
transactions always
between principals
agents can act on behalf
of principals
control problems e.g. shirking
abuse of position e.g. corruption
economics applies to
business world only
economics applies to
business and bureaucracy
analysis of bureaucrat behaviour can use
economic techniques
institutions are a
black box
institutions need analysing analysis of culture, psychology etc with
transactions costs, principal-agent models
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Principal-Agent Relationships
Medieval
Society
Medieval
Society
Modern
Company
Modern
Government
Principal King/Emperor Lord Owner Public
Agent Lord Steward Manager Civil Servant
Authority
Delegated
Tax collection Estate
management
Profit Earning Service
Delivery
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Why do Principals need Agents?
principals lack:-
time
interest
expertise
agents have these (if they are paid):-
time
Expertise
(interest?)
17. But Agents come with problems…
Agents have their own interests and
preferences
which may diverge from those of their principals
Agents possess information that principals
don’t (asymmetric information)
Making monitoring difficult
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Principals and Agents – Divergent Interests
Shirking
Stealing etc.
Different time horizons
Different risk preferences
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Holding Agents to Account
agents must “present an account” to their
principals
in traditional principal: agent relationships the
key issue was money - hence the account was
a financial account
– hence “accounting” as a financial term
in modern public sector the account must
include both:-
money (inputs) and
results (outputs or outcomes)
principals may wish to employ special agents
(e.g. auditors) to assist them in holding their
normal agents to account
21. In Groups
Consider the following relationships:
1. A family employing a child-minder
2. A patient going to a dentist
For each relationship:
Who is the principal?
Who is the agent?
Why might the interests of the principals and
agents differ?
Who has the most information? Why?
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22. In Groups
Consider the same relationships
1. A family employing a child-minder
2. A patient going to a dentist
For each relationship
What could the principals do to manage the
potential principal-agent problems?
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23. Reflection
What parallels are there between the
relationships we have talked about and
relationships in PFM?
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24. Before Next Class…
Read
1. Ch. 1 of Schick (1998) “Contemporary Guide”
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/739061468323718599/a-
contemporary-approach-to-public-expenditure-management
2. Andrews et al. (2014) “This is PFM”
https://research.hks.harvard.edu/publications/getFile.aspx?Id=1083
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