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Canadians and Their Money

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Appendix D: Accountability <strong>and</strong> Evaluation in Other CountriesAppendix B of the Task Force’s consultation document, Leveraging Excellence(February 2010), provides a summary of the highlights of international practicesthat the Task Force considered in developing recommendations in a numberof important areas, including education, delivery <strong>and</strong> measuring progress. Forexample, the following table provides an overview of international practiceswith respect to accountability <strong>and</strong> evaluation:International PracticesNew Zeal<strong>and</strong>United StatesUnited Kingdom• Annual reporting to Parliamenton implementation of therecommendations• Annual reporting by President’sAdvisory Council on FinancialLiteracy• Annual reporting to theFinancial Services Authority(or its successor)Evaluation components• Develop a st<strong>and</strong>ard evaluationframework for delivery agentswith a focus on long-termeffects• Share best practices <strong>and</strong>guidance with providers toinform program changes• Caution against behaviouralindicators such as savings rates• Repeating the national survey ofadult financial knowledge every4 years; funded by ANZ Bank• Recommended guidelines(4) for program evaluators <strong>and</strong>8 classes of program indicatorsreleased by US Treasury• Disseminate academic research<strong>and</strong> engage in consultation toset future research priorities• 2009 national survey of financialcapability, sponsored by FINRAInvestor Education Foundation• Establishing annual <strong>and</strong> 5-yearoutcome targets as partof business planning onthe implementation of thenational strategy• External evaluations ofkey programs• Invest in <strong>and</strong> disseminateresearch on evaluation <strong>and</strong>measurement• Survey of in-school education• Embedding certain questionson financial capability in otherregular household surveys• Repeating the national surveyof financial capability every4–5 yearsThe Task Force also commissioned case studies of international financial literacyinitiatives conducted by the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education. 4242 Rabbior, G. (2010). “Case Studies of International Financial Education Initiatives.” Canadian Foundationfor Economic Education. Research paper prepared for the Task Force on Financial Literacy. Available fromwww.financialliteracyincanada.com96TASK FORCE ON FINANCIAL LITERACY – Appendices

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