scholarly journals Fiscal councils’ impact on promoting transparency and accountability in public finance management

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-384
Author(s):  
Sanja Bach ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihor Fedorovych Molotok

Over the last few decades, an integral part of public finance development is budget (fiscal) transparency and accountability. It is also in the focus of scientific interest and international organizations’ activity. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of valuable empirical research on identifying key triggers and inhibitors of budget (fiscal) transparency and its cohesion with other concepts in public finance management. Thus, this research deals with the realization of several tasks: 1) identification of budget (fiscal) transparency genesis and its essence in modern terms; 2) clarification of its cohesion with other concepts in public finance management using modern tools of bibliometric analysis; 3) characteristics of a current state of budget transparency in Ukraine, identification problems and prospects in this sphere. The second task fulfillment is based on Google Ngram Viewer, Google Trends, and VOSviewer bibliometric tools. Implementation of Google Ngram Viewer is aimed at popularity quantification of the concepts “budget transparency”, “fiscal transparency” and “budget accountability” in English Google books for 1960-2012. It defines budget (fiscal) transparency and accountability became the focus of scientific interest starting from 1960th, demonstrating an increase from the 1990th, and peaked in 2005. Google Trends analysis also showed that the peak of Internet users’ interest in budget (fiscal) transparency issues was in 2005-2006. Moreover, Google Trends analysis and frequency of Scopus articles published on the budget (fiscal) transparency issues lead to the conclusion that this concept remains popular among both scientists and regular Internet users worldwide. VOSviewer analysis of 419 Scopus articles reveals that budget (fiscal) transparency closely connected with economic prosperity and sustainability at national and local levels, poverty elimination, environmental responsibility, democratic values implementation, fight against corruption, good governance, and especially the efficiency of public finance management, fiscal policy, and government expenditures. Finally, analysis of budget transparency level in Ukraine based on Open Budget Survey 2019 allows concluding that despite the general improvement of the country score (from 54 to 63 points) in comparison with the previous Survey period, Ukraine still has problems with Mid-Year Review and Pre-Budget Statement. Keywords: Bibliometric Analysis, Budget Accountability, Budget Transparency, Google Ngram, Google Trends, Fiscal Transparency, VOSviewer.


10.1596/29624 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rose Wanjiru ◽  
Paul Otsola ◽  
Mutakha Kangu ◽  
Murumba Werunga ◽  
Christine Owuor ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Kseniia KOVTUNENKO ◽  
Kateryna BONDARENKO

The purpose of the paper is to improve institutions and legislation on public finance management in Ukraine, to define the concept of "financial control", to consider the process of development and formation of financial control, to highlight the financial control`s features, to justify the need for long-term financial control. Financial control and financial management in the enterprise are very important for every state. The current state of economic improvement in Ukraine should increase the role of the state in regulating the economy in order to identify differences between the law, recognizing the standards and functioning of financial control. At the present stage in Ukraine, the issue of establishing unification of public finance management remains unresolved: there is a discrepancy in state legislation. The Ukrainian economy`s growth leads to an additional need for financial control in a moment. Thus, its role and importance in securing the assets of different types of members’ organizations, the equipment`s efficiency, labour and finance. The paper is devoted to the key issues of finding ways to ensure financial control in the organization and the regulatory framework in this area. The paper presents an overview of financial control by state (local) resource management and their use, as well as financial control of public administration by the state external financial regulator (audit), the Ministry of Finance on behalf of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and public finance management, including internal management and internal audit, which are provided by current legislation. In the paper was presented a study of the financial control`s concept. The main types of financial control, its goals and objectives are researched. The author emphasizes the importance of the organization’s internal financial control and the key stages of its development. The types of external control and features of their application were also researched. In conclusion the Ukrainian financial management`s current state is researched.


Author(s):  
Ida Ayu Purba Riani

In the era of regional autonomy, managements in local governments set out accountability and transparency in managing the regional public finance including planning, budgeting, implementation, administering, reporting, accountable and controlling. As from writer’s observation of development performance in Merauke regency, it revealed that there was inadequate development in reaching the ideal development performance although the management was generally well-managed. This paper applied Public Finance Management analysis technique to analyse primary data. The results showed the overall score was 52% from total statements which including 9 sectors. The highest scores were in the planning, cash management, procurement as well as accounting and reporting areas. Key words: Public Finance, Management, Accountability.


Author(s):  
V. Marhasova ◽  
I. Ruzhytskyi ◽  
N. Tkalenko ◽  
T. Shestakovska ◽  
O. Mykhailovska

Abstract. The article describes the approaches to defining the essence of understanding «public finance» and «public finance management» in the context of administrative and financial decentralization. A study on the current state of economic development of Ukraine is carried and the public financial management system is analyzed. The dynamics of the ratio of revenues and expenditures of the State and local budgets is shown and the national and subnational levels in the financing of public expenditures are described. The sequence of achieving a new level of welfare of the population is presented and the ways of state influence on local economic development are outlined. The content of the state’s activity on financial resources management and public importance of finances is given. Particular attention is paid to the financial capacity of UTC and the existing positive developments within the decentralization reform in Ukraine. The need to improve the management of public finances was emphasized, as it was evidenced by the size of the budget deficit. The division of budget expenditures by functional classification between the national and subnational levels is presented and the decline of financial independence of subnational budgets is witnessed. An assessment of the level of confidence in financial asset management services of territorial communities based on the calculation of the relevant index is made, and the relationship between the selected indicators (the monetary expenditures of the population; deposits of individuals in investment funds; population savings; volume of capital investments; volume of investments in Ukraine; assets of investment funds) and the level of public confidence in the management of UTC financial assets is researched.  Keywords: financial management, public finance, financial capacity of territorial communities, financial assets. JEL Classification H70, H89, R59, Q01 Formulas: 1; fig.: 5; tabl.: 3; bibl.: 20.


2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Al'bert Trofimov

The monograph is devoted to the analysis of the patterns of development of modern legal regulation of budgetary systems in the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China. The range of issues under study includes clarification of the structures of budget systems in selected jurisdictions, identification of the specifics of legal regulation of the formation and expenditure of extra-budgetary and budgetary funds, study of the features of the delimitation of powers of state (municipal) authorities for public finance management. A comparative analysis of the legal regulation of the budgetary systems of Russia and China is presented. For a wide range of readers interested in the issues of legal regulation of budget systems. It can be useful for students, postgraduates and teachers of law and economics universities.


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