KPMG Report The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee: an Australian and New Zealand Perspective (2007)
- For a copy of the KPMG report, please contact Rebecca Cook, KPMG Communications Manager:rebeccacook@kpmg.com.au
Best Practices of Public Accounts Committees (2002)
- This paper was prepared for the Handbook for Public Accounts Committees, which was commissioned by the Association of Public Accounts Committees in South Africa (final version dated 22 November 2002). Please do not quote or distribute without permission from the author, Joachim Wehner, joachim@idasact.org.za.
Legacy Paper: Parliamentary Audit, The Audit Committee in Comparative Context (2002)
- This comparative report for the Audit Committee of the Scottish Parliament was prepared by Oonagh Gay and Barry Winetrobe, Constitution Unit, University College, London, U.K. This report offers a brief comparative examination of the parliamentary audit function, as delivered primarily through public accounts committees in various countries, including Canada. This paper also assesses how far parliamentary audit committees ‘add value’ to the public audit function, and to parliamentary governance generally.
The Overseers: Public Accounts Committees and Public Spending (2002)
- This report was prepared by David G, McGee, QC and published by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. It assesses how parliamentary committees can enhance democratic governance. The purpose of this inquiry was to assess how public accounts committees are working in practice and whether they are fulfilling expectations as important guarantors of good governance.
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3613 (May 2005)
- The purpose of this working paper is to deepen David McGee’s analysis of PACs, by defining PAC success and identifying those factors that impact on PAC performance. The authors — Rick Stapenhurst, Vinod B. Sahgal and Ricardo Pelizzo — used survey data collected by the World Bank Institute in 2002.
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