Brazil : Country Financial Accountability Assessment

This Country Financial Accountability Assessment (CFAA) is also a "fiduciary" assessment, given it examines Brazil's Public Financial Management system, to form a judgment on the risk to Bank, and country funds within the Brazilian budget, and the level of accountability and transparency concerning such spending. Moreover, this CFAA will feed into the Bank's lending program, in particular a second Fiscal Reform and Structural Adjustment Loans in FY03. Partly reflecting the lack of a Public Expenditure Review, this CFAA also focuses on upstream budget development issues, including linkages with the government planning systems, as well as downstream budget execution issues. The Brazilian Government appears strongly committed to improving its public financial management, in particular, two major initiatives have been recently undertaken, which significantly impacts on public financial management: a) the Multi-Annual Plan for 2000-2003 adopted a new approach, aimed at improving resource allocation through a program-based approach covering all budget expenditures, involving the setting of program objectives, and measuring performance; and, b) the Law on Fiscal Responsibility, which appears likely to significantly impact on reinforcing commitments to fiscal discipline at the federal government level, and enforcing greater fiscal discipline on sub-national government. Nevertheless, the budget system is fragmented, and complex, hampering resource allocation in line with stated priorities, and, its execution does not reflect program priorities. Notwithstanding needed improvements, the overall conclusion of this assessment is that the Brazilian public financial management system, provides reliable information, adequate systems exist to manage funds at the national level, and, there is a high level of fiscal transparency, both supporting an adjustment lending program.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2002-06-30
Subjects:	PUBLIC FINANCE, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT, BANK LENDING STRATEGY, FISCAL REFORMS, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, BUDGET ANALYSIS, BUDGET CONTROL, BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION, BUDGET LAW & LEGISLATION, ANNUAL BUDGET REVIEWS, ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS, FISCAL MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTANTS, ACCOUNTING, ACCOUNTING PRACTICES, ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, ACCOUNTING STANDARDS, ACCOUNTS, ADJUSTMENT LENDING, ADMINISTRATION, ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM, AGGREGATE FISCAL DISCIPLINE, APPROPRIATIONS, AUDIT REPORTS, AUDITING, AUDITING STANDARDS, AUDITS, AUTHORITY, AUTHORIZATION, AUTONOMY, BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS, BUDGET CLASSIFICATION, BUDGET DEFICITS, BUDGET ESTIMATES, BUDGET EXECUTION, BUDGET EXPENDITURES, BUDGET MONITORING, BUDGET PROCESS, BUDGET REVENUES, BUDGET SURPLUS, BUDGET SYSTEM, BUDGETARY FUNDS, BUDGETARY PROCESS, BUDGETARY PROCESSES, BUDGETARY RESOURCES, BUDGETING, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, CASH FLOWS, CASH MANAGEMENT, CASH PAYMENTS, CENTRAL AGENCIES, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SERVICE, CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONSTITUTION, CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION DIAGNOSTICS, DEBT RELIEF, DEBT SERVICING, DECREE, DIVISION OF POWERS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EXECUTION, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FEDERALISM, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, FINANCIAL PROGRAMMING, FINANCIAL RESULTS, FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, FISCAL, FISCAL BALANCE, FISCAL CONTROL, FISCAL CONTROLS, FISCAL DISCIPLINE, FISCAL FEDERALISM, FISCAL MANAGEMENT, FISCAL PERFORMANCE, FISCAL REFORM, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, FISCAL SITUATION, FISCAL STRATEGIES, FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, FISCAL TRANSPARENCY, FISCAL YEAR, GOVERNMENT EQUITY, GOVERNMENT FINANCE, GOVERNMENT LEVEL, GOVERNMENT PLANNING, GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HUMAN RESOURCES, INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT, INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, INTERNAL AUDIT, INTERNAL AUDITING, INTERNAL CONTROLS, INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS, JUDICIARY, LACK OF CLARITY, LAWS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGAL PROVISIONS, LEGISLATION, LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, MUNICIPALITIES, NATIONAL BUDGET, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL PLANNING, NATIONS, PAYROLL, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATIZATION, PROCUREMENT, PUBLIC DEBT, PUBLIC DEBT MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW, PUBLIC FUNDING, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR BORROWING, PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT, QUALITY CONTROL, RECURRENT EXPENDITURES, REPORTING, REPRESENTATIVES, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, REVENUE ADMINISTRATION, REVENUE SHARING, SENATE, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL SECTOR, SOCIAL SECTOR EXPENDITURES, SOCIAL SECURITY, STATE ENTERPRISES, STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES, STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, SUBVERSION, TAX, TAXATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TOTAL EXPENDITURES, TREASURY, WAGES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/2352866/brazil-country-financial-accountability-assessment https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14504
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