Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment of Kakamega County, Kenya

The subnational Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment seeks to ascertain the performance of the public financial management (PFM) system of county governments using the PEFA methodology. So far, the Government of Kenya h...

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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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spelling okr-10986-334582021-05-25T09:33:28Z Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment of Kakamega County, Kenya World Bank PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE FISCAL TRENDS BUDGETARY TREND GOVERNMENT TRANSFERS BUDGET RELIABILITY INSTITUTIONS TRANSPARENCY PUBLIC FINANCE BUDGETING BUDGET EXECUTION ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTABILITY EXTERNAL AUDIT INTERNAL CONTROL FRAMEWORK LOCAL GOVERNANCE SUBNATIONAL GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT REFORM PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM The subnational Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment seeks to ascertain the performance of the public financial management (PFM) system of county governments using the PEFA methodology. So far, the Government of Kenya has gained experience in the application of the PEFA methodology by undertaking four national PEFA assessments over the years, the latest of which was carried out in 2017 and the report is due for completion in 2018. However, this is the first subnational assessment to be carried out in Kenya following the adoption of a devolved system of government. It is notable that the national and subnational PEFA assessments are being done almost concurrently, and this is important because both levels of government share the same PFM system, implying that an evidence- based reform agenda can be implemented simultaneously after areas of improvements are identified. The subnational assessments, which covered 6 out of 45 counties, have been jointly financed by the World Bank and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) through the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA). 2020-03-24T14:06:36Z 2020-03-24T14:06:36Z 2018-11 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/676051584070913684/Public-Expenditure-and-Financial-Accountability-PEFA-Assessment-of-Kakamega-County-Kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33458 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Financial Accountability Study Africa Kenya
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topic PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
FISCAL TRENDS
BUDGETARY TREND
GOVERNMENT TRANSFERS
BUDGET RELIABILITY
INSTITUTIONS
TRANSPARENCY
PUBLIC FINANCE
BUDGETING
BUDGET EXECUTION
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTABILITY
EXTERNAL AUDIT
INTERNAL CONTROL FRAMEWORK
LOCAL GOVERNANCE
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT REFORM
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
spellingShingle PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
FISCAL TRENDS
BUDGETARY TREND
GOVERNMENT TRANSFERS
BUDGET RELIABILITY
INSTITUTIONS
TRANSPARENCY
PUBLIC FINANCE
BUDGETING
BUDGET EXECUTION
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTABILITY
EXTERNAL AUDIT
INTERNAL CONTROL FRAMEWORK
LOCAL GOVERNANCE
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT REFORM
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
World Bank
Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment of Kakamega County, Kenya
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description The subnational Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment seeks to ascertain the performance of the public financial management (PFM) system of county governments using the PEFA methodology. So far, the Government of Kenya has gained experience in the application of the PEFA methodology by undertaking four national PEFA assessments over the years, the latest of which was carried out in 2017 and the report is due for completion in 2018. However, this is the first subnational assessment to be carried out in Kenya following the adoption of a devolved system of government. It is notable that the national and subnational PEFA assessments are being done almost concurrently, and this is important because both levels of government share the same PFM system, implying that an evidence- based reform agenda can be implemented simultaneously after areas of improvements are identified. The subnational assessments, which covered 6 out of 45 counties, have been jointly financed by the World Bank and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) through the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA).
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title Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment of Kakamega County, Kenya
title_short Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment of Kakamega County, Kenya
title_full Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment of Kakamega County, Kenya
title_fullStr Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment of Kakamega County, Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment of Kakamega County, Kenya
title_sort public expenditure and financial accountability assessment of kakamega county, kenya
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/676051584070913684/Public-Expenditure-and-Financial-Accountability-PEFA-Assessment-of-Kakamega-County-Kenya
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