2020-12-032020-01-010954-09621467-9302WOS;000544764000001SCOPUS;2-s2.0-85086851158http://hdl.handle.net/10784/24627Government accounting reforms in Medellín (Colombia) were promoted with the adoption of New Public Management principles. The reforms began by introducing accrual accounting, using this financial information for decision-making and, finally, adopting international standardization and comparability. This article shows how and why the government of Medellín modernized its public financial management systems to achieve transparency, accountability and efficiency. © 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.enghttps://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/0954-0962info:eu-repo/semantics/articleAccounting reformsGovernmental accountingMedellínNew Public Management2020-12-03Ocampo-Salazar, C.A.10.1080/09540962.2020.1766196