Governments need money for schools, roads, healthcare systems and other public institutions and goods. Germany helps its partner countries increase their domestic revenues and ensure responsible, pro-development public spending. In its work to promote good financial governance, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) takes a value-based, integrated approach. The conviction behind it is that a legitimate and transparent system of public finance is inextricably linked with other principles of good governance. more - Good financial governance: Germany’s value-based approach