Accountability through External Public Audits

On November 17, 2020, the International Budget Partnership, the INTOSAI Development Initiative and the World Bank co-hosted an event for a newly published joint report, “All Hands on Deck: Harnessing Accountability through External Public Audits.” The report was the first-ever comprehensive look at the strength of audit and oversight systems globally. It also came at a time when supreme audit institutions were under enormous pressure to ensure governments were effective stewards of COVID-19 emergency spending in ways that advanced the public interest and protected development progress.