Creating Good and Clean Government: Performance Audit in Indonesia.

• Jurisdiction: Singapore
• Date: 01 December 2018
• Author: Harun, Harun

Creating Good and Clean Government: Performance Audit in Indonesia, by Paul Nicoll. Amazon Australia, 2017. Pp. 402.

This book contributes to the debate surrounding the role of effective audit processes as a means of improving the quality of government transparency and accountability in Indonesia and other developing countries. The role of a performance audit is to independently verify whether the public sector agencies are effective and efficient in achieving their objectives. This book is derived from materials used by the author to assist policymakers at the Indonesian Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) and the Australian National Audit Office in designing effective performance audits. The book is also relevant for external audit institutions in other countries that are reforming their public sector audit institutions and regulations.

The professional experience and academic authority of Paul Nicoll, the author, in public sector audit ultimately strengthens the practical and theoretical insights this book offers. As a former senior auditor at the Australian National Audit Office, he was involved in the...