PSAF – L2 – Q6.1 – The context of public financial management

Before the implementation of the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), public financial management faced numerous challenges.

Required:

Discuss five challenges of public financial management prior to the implementation of the IFMIS platform.

  • Lack of interface/integration between various PFM Systems
  • Inadequate budgetary controls over public expenditure
  • Lack of transparency in budget execution
  • Poor record keeping on public financial transactions
  • Undue delays in processing transactions due to cumbersome manual processes