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Greece: Update to the Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes, 2002—Fiscal Transparency

March 15, 2002

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Greece: Update to the Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes, 2002—Fiscal Transparency, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2002) accessed October 6, 2024

Summary

This paper presents an update to the Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Fiscal Transparency for Greece. The government has initiated steps toward improving auditing. The Ministry of Economy and Finance is undertaking a comparative examination of its auditing mechanism against those used by the European Union (EU) and by other advanced economies. It is also making use of the experience gained through the auditing of programs that are financed jointly by national and EU funds. It is intended that all expenditures would be subject to audit prior to expenditure approval.

Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Fiscal transparency, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Budget planning and preparation, CR, EU legislation, Evaluation, Expenditure approval, Growth program, ISCR, Post program evaluation, Spending, Spending ministry

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    3

  • Volume:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2002/057

  • Stock No:

    1GRCEA0022002

  • ISBN:

    9781451816143

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685