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In this framework, the tools that management can employ range from ex ante expenditure controls to compliancy checks, inventory controls, record keeping, reporting, and monitoring (see figure 6.1).However, a contemporary internal control framework is more than a set of traditional financial and compliance controls.
Fundamentally, this chapter …