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Challenges:
The key challenges faced by any country that establishes a PBO are threefold— Guaranteeing independence and viability of the office in the long-run, ability to carry out truly independent analysis and demonstrating impact. However, political will and public support would help overcome these challenges.
Going forward, it will be important to understand that a PBO can only provide independent research; it cannot prevent executives from taking bad fiscal decisions.