Budget Transparency and the role of IT in OECD countries课件.ppt

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Budget Transparency and the role of IT in OECD countries课件.ppt

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* * * * * * * * * Bad, and not improvingMar 8th 2007, From The Economist print edition The government still has a hard time with PFI contractsFINANCIAL innovation is a British speciality. Even the government is at it: the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), brought in by the Tories in 1992, is now being exported around the world. In a PFI deal, a private firm contracts with the government both to build something (a school, say, or a road) and frequently to maintain it for decades. Nearly 800 deals have been signed since 1992, with a combined value of more than ￡55 billion. But the scheme is controversial. The jaded see Britains PFIs as little more than wheezes for keeping the governments spending off its balance-sheet. Boosters argue that private-sector efficiency will offset the higher cost of capital of PFI projects (and the need to make a profit), saving money in the long run. That defence has looked less credible since 2003, when the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) produced a report criticising the government for inept and over-lengthy PFI procurement. The criticism inspired the National Audit Office (NAO), a spending watchdog, to do its own investigation. The resulting report, based on three years data, was published on March 8th. Although couched in the NAOs usual cautious tones, it makes worrying reading. The average tendering period for a PFI is 34 months, no faster than when the PAC produced its report in 2003. Contracts are often altered after the final bidder has been chosen, so the discipline of competition is removed. Departments regularly underestimate the cost of professional advice, typically by around 75%. Besides heaping up the costs to taxpayers, such difficulties may be turning companies off the idea of bidding for work. Before 2003 85% of PFI projects attracted three or more bidders. By 2006 that was down to 67%. In fairness to officials, negotiating a decades-long contract with a private company is bound to be a tricky exercise