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FINANZAS PÚBLICAS: TRANSPARENCIA, RENDICIÓN
DE CUENTAS Y ÉTICA DE LA
RESPONSABILIDAD
Por Carlos Medel Ramírez 64
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
A first approach to the concept of public finances, requires clearing the veil
between public and private. This first differentiation is what gives sustenance and
subject to the study of public finances, since it deals with the management and
administration of public money, through the rules of operation and rules, to
channel the public resource to respond to the needs of society. From the
recognition of public character, from here arises, a first look of complexity, not
only for the management of public resources refers, but because it is expected a
correct application of them to give attention to the needs that pose to citizens to
the State, who is ultimately responsible for decisions regarding economic and
fiscal policy, and who seek to respond to social needs, whose outcome is
expected, has a positive social impact. A subject as complex as it is observed,
requires the support of the sciences such as economics, administration,
sociology, psychology, and mainly of law, philosophy and political science,
among others, in the construction of decision and operation for the management
of public resources, in which transparency and adequate management of public
resources are privileged. In Mexico, the management of public resources has
been harshly questioned to the State, mainly in its three levels of government, by
the lack of transparency in the application of these, by the public administration,
is so far, matter of a process subject to constant revision. This paper presents
the proposal of the citizen alert as an element that allows the operation of the
National Anticorruption System and the State Anticorruption System where
citizens' denunciation of events that may be constitutive of crime and based on
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Doctor en Finanzas Públicas. Director del Center of Studies on Public Finance and Combat
Poverty. Línea de investigación: Empoderamiento de la población indígena, exclusión social,
finanzas públicas y el combate a la pobreza multidimensional.