Asif Ali discusses governance reforms. April 28, 2005
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Good governance is crucial to development. Independent auditing is part of the process – that’s the aim of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh. Asif Ali was sworn in as the CAG in January, 2003. He is the pioneer of a new methodology of Quality Audit and Report writing in Supreme Audit Institutions in Bangladesh. “We have to resort to more than simple audit approaches, money. We also must consider environmental and social sector auditing. Which requires skill. We are trying to upgrade the skill of our people by doing trainings both in the country and overseas,” said Ali during a visit to World Bank headquarters in Washington. Governance
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Ali says the Bank has helped the efforts of his organization not only with funding, but with technical support, as well as by helping to convene a regional meeting of other auditors in South Asia, so that they can share best practices with each other. “One thing we are emphasizing is a healthy auditor/auditee relationship...they must respond to our work with all the government information and with a prompt answer to our inquiries so that our reports are credible,” Ali said. >>>listen to the full interview
World Bank Support for Governance Reform in Bangladesh · An Assessment of Public Sector Auditing, one of the five key areas covered under CFAA ( FY 2000);Workshop jointly with UNDP to disseminate CFAA findings (FY 2000)
· International Seminar - Improving Oversight Functions: Challenges in the New Millennium ( FY 2000)- World Bank & UNDP
· IDF grant - Improved audit monitoring and tracking system (CFAA recommendation)- On going
· International Seminar – Harmonizing Institutional Efforts for Promoting Accountability (August, 2004) World Bank & CIDA
· Workshops to improve quality of portfolio audit including introduction of recent Entry and Exit meeting to expedite audit settlement. |
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