Just piano

• Mandy
• Your Song
• Somewhere only we know

With backing

• Candle in the wind

• encourages corruption
• is wasted on unimportant things (4x4s, cf pyramids) "monument-building"
• undermines private sector incentives (crowding out)
• reduces govt and private saving
• keeps bad govts in power
• aid is fungible: non-aid funds are transferred elsewhere
• government planning does not lead to growth - mistakes aren't punished, incentives aren't there

• Sound PFM systems are critical for achievement of public policy objectives, and an essential pre-requisite for reducing corruption.
• Transparent public finance information and effective demand-side institutions enable legislature and civil society to hold the government to account.
• Effective supreme audit institutions serve as a watchdog over public finances.
• Sound internal controls and internal audit help deter fraud and waste.
• Good information and accounting systems enable timely and reliable budget and financial information across government and help strengthen financial control and management of public funds.
• Computerized systems enable faster transaction processing, enable tighter tracking, better analysis, and easier sharing of information.