TY - BOOK ID - 134184868 TI - Benin : Technical Assistance Report-Governance Diagnostic. PY - 2023 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Money and Monetary Policy KW - International Economics KW - Criminology KW - Public Finance KW - Monetary Policy KW - International Agreements and Observance KW - International Organizations KW - Bureaucracy KW - Administrative Processes in Public Organizations KW - Corruption KW - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law KW - Trade Policy KW - International Trade Organizations KW - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General KW - Public Administration KW - Public Sector Accounting and Audits KW - Monetary economics KW - International institutions KW - Corporate crime KW - white-collar crime KW - Sales tax, tariffs & customs duties KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Auditing / Audits KW - Monetary policy KW - International organization KW - Crime KW - Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) KW - Customs administration core functions KW - Revenue administration KW - Public financial management (PFM) KW - Internal audit KW - International agencies KW - Money laundering KW - Customs administration KW - Finance, Public KW - Auditing, Internal KW - Benin KW - White-collar crime UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134184868 AB - This technical assistance report on Benin presents the governance diagnostic. The current President of the Republic Patrice Talon has repeatedly stressed the major importance of good governance for the country’s future and has made it a strong focus of his second term. The Governance Diagnostic shed light on very positive developments in recent or ongoing reforms, but also highlighted what needs to be done to overcome the weaknesses in governance in some areas. Rule of law, contract execution, and protection of property rights have seen some progress. The planned creation of a court specializing in land matters and the establishment of a Commercial Court of Appeal will be welcome additions. Public financial management has seen considerable progress, recognized in particular by the Open Budget Survey 2021. Nevertheless, efforts must still be made to reap all the benefits of the transition to program-based budgeting as far as the administration’s accountability is concerned and to finalize the internal audit and control reform, an essential counterweight to the new responsibilities entrusted to managers. ER -