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World Bank Study
Basic information for each project is displayed in an information box, and related project documents can be displayed or downloaded from the World Bank external Web site using the link provided. This study does not include a detailed description of basic PFM concepts or the importance of FMIS or ICT in general, which are well documented in literature.9,10 Instead, it presents the World Bank’s experience on what works and what doesn’t in FMIS reforms, based on a comprehensive database of 94 projects, in order to share the lessons learned and provide practical guidelines for teams involved in the design and implementation of FMIS projects. The literature on FMIS is replete with individual country case studies, but has to date not relied on systematic data analysis as a basis upon which to draw conclusions and lessons for future implementation.11
Notes 1. This number is based on actual + estimated budget of Treasury/FMIS related component activities in official project documents (55 completed and 32 active projects as of August 2010). 2. William L. Dorotinsky, Junghun Cho, “World Bank’s Experience with Financial Management Information (FMIS) Projects,” Draft Report, 2003. 3. The World Bank FMIS Database (1984–2010)—updated in August 2010. 4. The linkage between FMIS and other financial systems such as payroll and procurement is a very important issue, but is beyond the scope of the present report. 5. The observations presented in this report are based on the information available in the World Bank operations portal, archives and business warehouse. Although more than 80% of the project related data was verified through interviews and meetings with task team leaders/members, due to the dynamic nature of operations portal, some of the details on recently completed/active projects may not be present (if the ICRs are not available yet or the progress is not updated within the report preparation period). Nevertheless, a substantial amount of the information presented here is based on reliable and verified project data. 6. Updated version of the FMIS diagram included in Cem Dener’s presentation posted on the PFM Reform Database. 7. The FMIS database is available from: h p://connectprem.worldbank.org/psg/pf/fmis. Currently this database is only available to World Bank users. An external version is expected to be available in 2011. 8. Future studies could usefully survey client countries for their views on current operational status. 9. Salvatore Schiavo-Campo and Daniel Tommasi, “Managing Government Expenditure”, Asian Development Bank Report, April 1999. 10. Richard Allen and Daniel Tommasi, “Managing Public Expenditure—A Reference Book for Transition Economies”, OECD-SIGMA Report, 2001. 11. “Review of PFM Reform Literature”, DFID Report, January 2009.