COVID-19 Documents
Addressing the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons from Support for Public Financial Management
Published by: Independent Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank
SDGs: SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
Despite the unique features of the present crisis, experiences from the past can still be helpful, whether in catering to immediate spending needs or in longer-term budget management. Post-crisis PFM interventions can benefit from the global and historical experience with PFM reforms, hence this paper summarizes lessons from these experiences. The lessons draw upon large-scale evaluations, validated program completion reports, and technical assistance (TA) completion reports of ADB’s PFM-related operations that have been approved over the past decade as well as the findings and lessons of evaluations of other MDB operations and research publications from centers of excellence.
