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PEM PAL’s growth continued in 2011:

• 418 PEM PAL participants from 21 countries, plus 49 resource people and 59 speakers, at seven meetings held in six countries and at two study visits. This is up from 178 PEM PAL participants in 2010, and 160 in 2009.
• PEM PAL web site: 10,459 visits, with 1,027 pages viewed 38,344 times. For comparison, there were 6,318 visits in 2010 and 3,062 visits in 2009.

Measuring performance and impact:

• PEM PAL post-event surveys: Public Financial Management (PFM) participants expressed high overall satisfaction with the events (4.7 on a 1-5 scale). Other findings: Topics were relevant (4.5). Participants could learn from the experience of their peers (4.3). Contribution to leadership and management tasks could be improved (2.8), as well as inputs to event discussions (3.0).
• PEM PAL Success Stories: Fifteen stories were shared by 17 PEM PAL practitioners to portray their personal and collective experience with PEM PAL. Success stories and performance indicators allow us to evaluate impact of PEM PAL on PFM practitioners, the organizations where they work, and processes in their environment.
• Immediate expenses per PEM PAL participant per (three-day) event: USD 3,000, up from USD 2,600 in 2010 and USD 2,000 in 2009. Net of translation and organization expenses, USD 2,000 in 2011.