The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that effective government cash management is even more important now than before because governments have to deal with unanticipated decreased revenue and significantly increased public expenditures resulting from business lockdowns, fiscal stimulus packages, and pandemic-related health expenditures.
PEMNA T-CoP conducted an in-depth research on cash management and optimization based on sound practices and experiences of practitioners in the region and elsewhere. This research aimed to (1) develop a comprehensive paper covering the roles and functions of treasuries and the interaction between debt and cash management in PEMNA countries, and (2) learn the best practices in cash projection and optimization for the post–COVID-19 period.
The research examined the policy response of cash and treasury managers to COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea and in South Africa based on their constraints and enabling environments, which include the legal, organizational, and operational framework of cash management.