There has been a significant development in the international community around building legislative budget offices or international independent fiscal institutions. The OECD has led the way. The report we provided to you talks about principles for establishing these types of offices.
They would include having some witnesses who could speak from the OECD experience. Almost every country in the OECD now has one of these offices. They could provide, I think, a very useful service to this committee or another committee. The International Monetary Fund has been very supportive of the development of these independent fiscal institutions. They have done macro-type analyses on the benefits of these things. They can share their work. The World Bank is actively playing in amongst a number of communities: African communities, Caribbean communities, and southeast Asian communities. I'm part of that development.
If there were a willingness to reach out to the international communities, I'm sure they would love to be here.