Financial Management Umbrella Program

We help World Bank client countries achieve better development outcomes through better management of financial resources.

Featured Blogs & News

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Public Sector Sustainability Reporting Standard in the Works

A climate-related disclosures standard for the public sector, being developed by the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board with support from FMUP, will take climate reporting to a new level.
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A Better Method for Solving Service Delivery Challenges

Localized, customized, collaborative approaches lead to better solutions for getting government services to citizens, according to an expert panel.
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Initiative Underway to Reimagine Public Finance

A Financial Management Umbrella Program-supported initiative could change the way we think about - and act on - management of public resources for development.
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Budgeting for Resilience: Incorporating Disaster Risk into Governments’ Budgets

Public financial management (PFM) systems are rarely configured for countries to proactively respond to disasters; so, how can we engage with ministries of finance to encourage them to plan for disaster shocks?
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From Rhetoric to Action: Empowering Women Through Gender-Responsive Budgeting

How, amidst growing global challenges and unfavorable fiscal trends, can governments feasibly and credibly support investments in women to accelerate progress toward SDG 5?

Featured Video: Advancing Gender Equality through Strategic Public Financial Managment

In this video, learn about how countries are adopting considerations that advance equality for girls, women, marginalized populations, boys, and men into their public financial managment systems. Gender is a key theme in the work of the Financial Management Umbrella Program.

About the Financial Management Umbrella Program:

Stronger Public Financial Management, Stronger Development Results

Improving or reforming public financial management systems can have a tremendous effect on the quality, reach, and impact of development results. World Bank client countries work with the Financial Managment Umbella Program (FMUP) to sharpen those systems, always focused on what is needed to achieve tangible gains in financial management tied to specific outcomes for countries and their citizens.

There are six key ways we help make that happen: