Information on "Financial Monitoring"
December 2012
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12 Dec 2012
Monetary Policy and Banking Supervision
Author: Thorsten Beck, Daniel Gros
Publisher: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
This policy brief deals with the separation of the supervisory and monetary policy arms of the European Central Bank. More on «Monetary Policy and Banking Supervision »
September 2012
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Sep 2012
Strategic Sourcing: Improved and Expanded Use Could Save Billions in Annual Procurement Costs
Author: Cristina Chaplain
Publisher: US Government Accountability Office (GAO), Washington, DC
This report looks how selected US government agencies (Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Veteran Affairs and Department of Energy) and the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) program use strategic sourcing... More on «Strategic Sourcing: Improved and Expanded Use Could Save Billions in Annual Procurement Costs»
May 2012
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May 2012
Implementing Financial Disclosure in Local Government
Author: Collette Schulz-Herzenberg, Shireen Mukadam, Jamy Felton
Publisher: Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
This brief is the final one of a four-part series designed to assist municipal staff and elected councilors in South Africa to manage and detect conflicts of interests in public life. More on «Implementing Financial Disclosure in Local Government» -
May 2012
The Practical Challenges of Monitoring Climate Finance
Author: Charlene Watson, Smita Nakhooda, Alice Caravani, Liane Schalatek
Publisher: Overseas Development Institute (ODI) / Heinrich Böll Foundation
This brief reflects on the practical experience of monitoring climate finance from the Climate Funds Update (CFU), an established to increase the transparency of climate finance flows. More on «The Practical Challenges of Monitoring Climate Finance»
April 2012
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11 Apr 2012
Federal Reserve Banks: Areas for Improvement in Information Systems Controls
Author: Gary T Engel
Publisher: US Government Accountability Office (GAO), Washington, DC
This report discusses the results of a review of information systems controls over key financial systems maintained and operated by the Federal Reserve Banks (FRB) in relation to the Schedules of Federal Debt. More on «Federal Reserve Banks: Areas for Improvement in Information Systems Controls»
March 2012
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30 Mar 2012
How High the firewall? Potential Financing Needs for the Periphery
Author: Alessandro Giovannini, Daniel Gros
Publisher: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
In this CEPS Commentary the authors assess the decision taken at the informal Eurogroup meeting on the 30th of March to raise the lending ceiling of the European Stability Mechanism/European Financial Stability Facility. More on «How High the firewall? Potential Financing Needs for the Periphery»
November 2011
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Nov 2011
Implementing Financial Disclosure in Local Government: Content, Scope and Standardisation
Author: Collette Schulz-‐Herzenberg, Shireen Mukadam, Jamy Felton
Publisher: Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
This policy brief addresses the scope, content and standardization of financial disclosure records. More on «Implementing Financial Disclosure in Local Government: Content, Scope and Standardisation» -
Nov 2011
Implementing Financial Disclosure in Local Government: Public Access to Information
Author: Shireen Mukadam, Collette Schulz-Herzenberg, Jamy Felton
Publisher: Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
This policy brief addresses the issue of public access to financial disclosure information, and discusses why public access is critical to monitoring and oversight of potential conflicts of interests in South Africa. More on «Implementing Financial Disclosure in Local Government: Public Access to Information »
January 2011
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2011
Accountability in the United Nations
Author: Morten Skumsrud Andersen, Ole Jacob Sending
Publisher: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
This report presents the key findings from a study of the role and functioning of the Board of Auditors (BoA), the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) and the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU). More on «Accountability in the United Nations»
December 2010
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Dec 2010
Negotiating Around Tradeoffs
Author: Arunabha Ghosh
Publisher: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) / Climate Policy Research Program (Clipore)
This paper addresses the question of how different governance priorities would affect the institutional arrangements for a credible financing mechanism in the climate regime. More on «Negotiating Around Tradeoffs»
