How well do PFM projects perform? Could things be done better? How can you know? To help answer these and other challenging questions, Lewis Hawke, Head of the PEFA Secretariat, participated in a workshop on impact evaluation in governance and justice. The workshop was hosted by the ieGovern program (a collaboration between the World Bank and UKAID) in Istanbul, Turkey between 27-30 January 2015.
The aim of the workshop was to help 28 projects from around the world to embed impact evaluations as part of implementation. Some projects are considering the use of PEFA dimension-level indicators as baseline measures, and for monitoring impact. For example, Ethiopia is considering several PEFA indicators on control, budget execution and reporting as part of their monitoring framework for a new PFM project. For more information, contact the Secretariat or go to the ieGovern event website.
The Ethiopia PFM impact evaluation discussion group (from left to right): Tsegaye Abebe Abera (Director General, Federal Public Procurement Agency, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development), Degu Lakew Eguale (Adviser to the State Minister of Public Finance, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Michael Best (Stanford SIEPR), Parminder Brar (Lead Public Financial Management Specialist, World Bank), Lewis Hawke (Head of PEFA Secretariat), Mussa Mohammed Boku (Director for PFM Reforms, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development).
