Some reflections on the citizen as the central axis of government oversight: the experience of the peruvian SAI in recent years
Abstract
Accepting the invitation of the TCU Journal, Nelson Shack, professor, government consultant, and former Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru, contributes an opinion article that highlights the citizen as one of the essential pillars of governmental oversight, presenting his analyses and reflections based on the experience of his country’s Supreme Audit Institution (SAI).
Keywords
SAI
Author Biography
Nelson Shack Yalta
Holds a Master’s degree in Management and Public Policy from the University of Chile, a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of the Pacific, and a specialization in Municipal Management from ESAN University. He has been General Director of Economic and Social Affairs of the Ministry of
Economy and Finance, Director of the Bank of The Nation, National Director of Public Budget, and, more recently, Comptroller General of Peru (2017-2024), as well as President of the Organization of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions - OLACEFS (2019-2022). As an international consultant, he has worked for the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Delegation of the European Commission, and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in over a dozen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. His expertise includes the areas of Results Based Budgeting, Multi-year Programming, Participatory Budgeting, Strategic Planning, Investment Programming, Public Procurement, Performance Audits, Government Oversight, Public Expenditure and
Accountability Assessments, and Public Expenditure Quality Analysis in the areas of Security and Justice. He currently works as a government consultant and teaches at several graduate schools.
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