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  "title": "Harnessing Emerging Digital Technologies toward a New Frontier of Public Financial Management",
  "publication": "Technical Notes and Manuals, April 13, 2026",
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      "content": "- Offers insights into harnessing emerging technologies to enhance efficiency, decision making, and accountability in public financial management (PFM).\n- Acknowledges speculative enthusiasm around certain technologies and the diversity of country contexts, traditions, and PFM frameworks.\n- Advocates for a structured, objective-driven approach for adopting emerging technologies that involves assessing potential gains and feasibility.\n- Outlines key practices for sustainable adoption and for navigating the complexities of digital transformation in PFM.\n- Accompanied by Technology Cards illustrating key technologies and their relevance for PFM as a practical resource for policymakers and practitioners."
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      "content": "- Emerging technologies can enhance efficiency, decision making, and accountability in PFM.\n- Adoption should be guided by objective-driven assessment rather than speculative enthusiasm.\n- Country context, institutional traditions, and existing PFM frameworks materially affect feasibility and expected benefits.\n- Practical support is provided through Technology Cards that map technologies to PFM relevance."
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      "heading": "Recommended approach to technology adoption",
      "content": "- Use a structured, objective-driven process to evaluate technologies:\n  - Assess potential gains for specific PFM objectives.\n  - Assess feasibility given country context and PFM framework.\n  - Balance speculative enthusiasm with evidence-based evaluation.\n- Prioritize technologies that demonstrably align with PFM objectives and constraints."
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    "Authors: Sailendra Pattanayak, Lorena Rivero del Paso, Hervé Tourpe, Chloe Cho",
    "Published: April 13, 2026",
    "Series: Technical Notes and Manuals",
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