Transcription of PREMnote#59 Titsworth 1116 - World Bank Group
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PREMnote#59 Titsworth 1116 - World Bank Group
October2001nnuummbbeerr 5599 Public SectorSupreme audit institutions are nationalagencies responsible for auditing govern-ment revenue and spending. Their legalmandates, reporting relationships, andeffectiveness vary, reflecting different gov-ernance systems and government their primary purpose is to oversee themanagement of public funds and the qual-ity and credibility of governments reportedfinancial the past the World Bank and otherdonors often established parallel auditingsystems for their projects, underminingdeveloping countries supreme audit insti-tutions, on whose work they could not alwaysrely. Equally problematic have been projectsthat encouraged performance auditing butignored basic weaknesses in recent years the Bank has tried tostrengthen oversight agencies such assupreme audit institutions. This note isintended to help Bank staff appreciate therole and nature of these institutions, par-ticularly in managing public spending,ensuring financial accountability, andstrengthening public types of supremeaudit institutionsMost developing countries use one of threeauditing systems: Napoleonic, Westminster,or board.
October 2001 number 59 Public Sector Supreme audit institutions are national agencies responsible for auditing govern-ment revenue and spending. Their legal
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