The editors have tried to keep the blog alive, contemporary, relevant to policymakers and PFM advisors, and open to new ideas and initiatives. We hope that we have been modestly successful in this endeavor, and welcome feedback from our readers on how to improve the blog still further during 2017.
In the spirit of celebrating another great year, the time has come to announce the ten most popular blog posts of 2016. First place goes to Gijs de Vries, currently with St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, and a former Member of the European Court of Audit. Both Gijs’ article, and the runner up by Suren Poghosyan, were about the sustainable development goals (SDGs), which helps explain their popularity and topicality. Congratulations, Gijs and Suren!
Rank | Title | Author(s) |
1 | How National Audit Offices Can Support Implementation of the SDGs | Gijs de Vries |
2 | How to Link SDGs to the Budget | Suren Poghosyan |
3 | The New PPP Fiscal Risk Assessment Model (PFRAM) | Maximilien Queyranne, Isabel Rial and Genevieve Verdier |
4 | Analyzing and Managing Fiscal Risks: Best Practices | Brian Olden and Amanda Sayegh |
5 | The Capabilities of Finance Ministries | Richard Allen |
6 | IMF-USAID Cooperation: PFM Training | David Gentry |
7 | Two New Technical Notes and Manuals | Sailendra Pattanayak and Sandeep Saxena |
8 | Ten Tips to Improve the Transparency of Budget Documents | Greg Rosenberg |
9 | Official Launch of PEFA 2016 | Lewis Hawke and Urška Zrinski |
10 | A Roadmap for Implementing Accrual Accounting | Suzanne Flynn, Delphine Moretti, and Joe Cavanagh |
Finally, the PFM blog’s former co-editor, Holger van Eden, recently departed Washington to take up a new position as the IMF’s regional PFM advisor for East Asia, based in Bangkok. As Holger’s replacement, we welcome Teresa Curristine, who has accumulated 20 years of experience working in the PFM field at Oxford University and the OECD in Paris and, most recently, with FAD in Washington. Au revoir, Holger, and welcome, Teresa.
Thank you to all of our blog authors for your great submissions and to our readers for your continuing interest in PFM!
[1] Richard Allen is a Visiting Scholar with the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department. Kyle Axberg is a Division Coordinator with FAD’s PFM2 Division.
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