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It was founded to fill a gap: the absence of analysis grounded in operational field experience […] - [PFM](https://developmentreality.com/pfm/): Public Financial Management — Development Reality HomeAboutContactmdbreform.comThursday, March 12, 2026Subscribe Independent Analysis Development Reality Accountability in International Development developmentreality.comWorld Bank · IMF · Regional MDBs HomeAnalysisPractitioner EssaysGovernancePFMAbout Subscribe Topic Public Financial Management Analysis of PFM reform sequencing, PEFA diagnostics, IFMIS investments, cash management, and the persistent gap between what donors fund and what actually improves how governments manage public money — grounded in two decades of field experience across Sub-Saharan Africa. Author credential Member of the original PEFA indicator design team The Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability framework was developed in the early 2000s. 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