The Amhara Regional Report : Public Finance Review
The objective of this study is explore in depth public finance issues and their impact on decentralized service delivery at the regional and woreda level in Amhara region. The study is carried out as part of the federal and some regional case studi...
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| Format: | Public Expenditure Review |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/16216121/amhara-regional-report-public-finance-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12339 |
| Summary: | The objective of this study is explore
in depth public finance issues and their impact on
decentralized service delivery at the regional and woreda
level in Amhara region. The study is carried out as part of
the federal and some regional case studies designed to
examine effectiveness of public finances of sub-national
governments. This study was expected to (i) review the
institutional arrangement for managing public finances at
the regional level including policies, budgetary
institutions, systems and processes; (ii) assess the level,
trend, and composition of public spending (both functional
and economic classification) in per capita terms over the
past five years and identify key achievements and
limitations; (iii) assess the level, trend, and, composition
of revenue at the regional level and examine the financing
framework, including ways to increase local revenue
generation capacity; (iv) assess the role of external aid in
supporting decentralized service delivery and the
sustainability of the program in absence of external aid;
(v) review the planning and budgeting process as well as the
quality of PFM system; and (vi) data permitting, establish
the link between the level of spending and the outputs and
outcomes for selected sectors. The study used standard
public financial process review methodologies used for
undertaking PEFA assessments. The report reviewed the
various studies, plans and performance reports of the
various sectors in the regions between EFY 1997 and 2001. In
addition, key informant interviews were carried out at
bureaus levels and woreda offices of education, health,
water, agriculture and rural development, finance and
economic development, revenue, General Auditor, rural road
and woreda administrations. |
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