Vietnam : Managing Public Expenditure for Poverty Reduction and Growth, Public Expenditure Review and Integrated Fiduciary Assessment, Volume 2, Sectoral Issues

This Public Expenditure Review and Integrated Fiduciary Assessment (PER-FA) reviews and assesses the contribution that public expenditure has made to poverty reduction, and growth in Vietnam in recent years, and, identifies priorities and actions for strengthening that contribution over the coming y...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Integrated Fiduciary Assessment
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5813715/vietnam-managing-public-expenditure-poverty-reduction-growth-public-expenditure-review-integrated-fiduciary-assessment-vol-2-2-sectoral-issues
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topic ACHIEVEMENTS
ADDITION
ADULT LITERACY
BANKS
BASIC EDUCATION
BIDDING
BOARDING
BOARDING SCHOOLS
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
COMMUNITIES
COMPOSITION
CONTINUING EDUCATION
CURRICULUM
DECENTRALIZATION
ECONOMICS
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
ENROLMENT RATES
ETHNIC GROUPS
FAMILIES
GIRLS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH POLICY
HOSPITALS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMMUNODEFICIENCY
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
KINDERGARTENS
LEARNING
LEARNING CENTERS
LITERACY
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
MATHEMATICS
MINORITY GROUPS
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
PARENTS
PARTICIPATION RATES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY PUPILS
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PROCUREMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SPENDING
READING
READING SKILLS
REPETITION
RURAL AREAS
SAFETY
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PERFORMANCE
SERVICE PROVISION
SHIFT WORKING
SOCIALIZATION
SPECIAL NEEDS
TEACHER
TEACHER SALARIES
TEACHERS
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TECHNICAL TRAINING
TRAINING CENTERS
TRANSPORTATION
UNIVERSAL EDUCATION
UNIVERSITIES
VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION
spellingShingle ACHIEVEMENTS
ADDITION
ADULT LITERACY
BANKS
BASIC EDUCATION
BIDDING
BOARDING
BOARDING SCHOOLS
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
COMMUNITIES
COMPOSITION
CONTINUING EDUCATION
CURRICULUM
DECENTRALIZATION
ECONOMICS
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
ENROLMENT RATES
ETHNIC GROUPS
FAMILIES
GIRLS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH POLICY
HOSPITALS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMMUNODEFICIENCY
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
KINDERGARTENS
LEARNING
LEARNING CENTERS
LITERACY
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
MATHEMATICS
MINORITY GROUPS
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
PARENTS
PARTICIPATION RATES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY PUPILS
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PROCUREMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SPENDING
READING
READING SKILLS
REPETITION
RURAL AREAS
SAFETY
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PERFORMANCE
SERVICE PROVISION
SHIFT WORKING
SOCIALIZATION
SPECIAL NEEDS
TEACHER
TEACHER SALARIES
TEACHERS
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TECHNICAL TRAINING
TRAINING CENTERS
TRANSPORTATION
UNIVERSAL EDUCATION
UNIVERSITIES
VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION
World Bank
Vietnam : Managing Public Expenditure for Poverty Reduction and Growth, Public Expenditure Review and Integrated Fiduciary Assessment, Volume 2, Sectoral Issues
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description This Public Expenditure Review and Integrated Fiduciary Assessment (PER-FA) reviews and assesses the contribution that public expenditure has made to poverty reduction, and growth in Vietnam in recent years, and, identifies priorities and actions for strengthening that contribution over the coming years, through better resource allocation, and better public expenditure management. Fiscal trends have been positive, both in terms of revenue collection and expenditure outturns, resulting in a sustainable fiscal balance. Nevertheless, a number of threats to fiscal sustainability exist, and require attention over the coming years. The Government should restrict further off-budget bond issuance, channeling all Government borrowing through the budget. It should take urgent action to resolve the current expenditure arrears, largely associated with public investment in the transport and agriculture sectors-and prevent their further build up. It should strengthen arrangements for the monitoring, and management of fiscal risk, initially with better recording of domestic debt and credit, through the Development Assistance Fund (DAF). It should rapidly implement the plan to prepare a realistic and sustainable Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF) as part of every budget cycle. On reviewing the composition of public expenditure, the report states that the shares in total capital spending and total aggregate expenditure of Education and Training, and of Science and Technology, have increased significantly over the review period. Successful efforts have been made to make the transfer of resources between provinces more pro-poor, resulting in an inter-provincial transfer and revenue sharing formula, which indeed benefits poorer provinces. However, non-wage operations and maintenance expenditure fell to by 2002, while the share of capital expenditure (including major repairs) increased somehow. It is necessary to take urgent action to address an imminent maintenance crisis, and strike a balance between capital and recurrent spending. Moreover, regarding institutional aspects, further reforms are required. Efforts are required to strengthen joint working between the Finance and Planning functions at every level. The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) should collaborate actively with sector ministries, and provinces in the preparation of Medium-Term Expenditure Frameworks (MTEFs), building on the experience, and success of sectoral pilots. Additionally, the Government should further rationalize the roles and responsibilities of the audit and inspection functions, while appropriate monitoring measures should be implemented to ensure that fiscal transparency and reporting regulations are properly implemented at all levels of government, and by all spending units. Increased delegation to spending units is one of the key developments in public expenditure management in Vietnam in recent years. However, such delegation needs to be managed carefully if it is to result in better service delivery, and if it is to support, rather than jeopardize, equity and poverty reduction. Finally, public investment management is a critical part of public expenditure management; in Vietnam, it is particularly critical to the extent that State Budget-financed investment has grown rapidly, and now constitutes about 40 percent of the total State Budget. Analysis of recurrent costs should be built in to investment selection, and the MTEF approach should be used as a way of balancing and ensuring consistency between recurrent and capital costs.
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author World Bank
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title Vietnam : Managing Public Expenditure for Poverty Reduction and Growth, Public Expenditure Review and Integrated Fiduciary Assessment, Volume 2, Sectoral Issues
title_short Vietnam : Managing Public Expenditure for Poverty Reduction and Growth, Public Expenditure Review and Integrated Fiduciary Assessment, Volume 2, Sectoral Issues
title_full Vietnam : Managing Public Expenditure for Poverty Reduction and Growth, Public Expenditure Review and Integrated Fiduciary Assessment, Volume 2, Sectoral Issues
title_fullStr Vietnam : Managing Public Expenditure for Poverty Reduction and Growth, Public Expenditure Review and Integrated Fiduciary Assessment, Volume 2, Sectoral Issues
title_full_unstemmed Vietnam : Managing Public Expenditure for Poverty Reduction and Growth, Public Expenditure Review and Integrated Fiduciary Assessment, Volume 2, Sectoral Issues
title_sort vietnam : managing public expenditure for poverty reduction and growth, public expenditure review and integrated fiduciary assessment, volume 2, sectoral issues
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5813715/vietnam-managing-public-expenditure-poverty-reduction-growth-public-expenditure-review-integrated-fiduciary-assessment-vol-2-2-sectoral-issues
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spelling okr-10986-85642021-04-23T14:02:39Z Vietnam : Managing Public Expenditure for Poverty Reduction and Growth, Public Expenditure Review and Integrated Fiduciary Assessment, Volume 2, Sectoral Issues World Bank ACHIEVEMENTS ADDITION ADULT LITERACY BANKS BASIC EDUCATION BIDDING BOARDING BOARDING SCHOOLS CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES COMMUNITIES COMPOSITION CONTINUING EDUCATION CURRICULUM DECENTRALIZATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE EDUCATIONAL POLICIES EDUCATIONAL QUALITY ENROLMENT RATES ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILIES GIRLS HEALTH CARE HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH POLICY HOSPITALS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNODEFICIENCY INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS KINDERGARTENS LEARNING LEARNING CENTERS LITERACY LOCAL AUTHORITIES MATHEMATICS MINORITY GROUPS NON-FORMAL EDUCATION PARENTS PARTICIPATION RATES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY PUPILS PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROCUREMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING READING READING SKILLS REPETITION RURAL AREAS SAFETY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PERFORMANCE SERVICE PROVISION SHIFT WORKING SOCIALIZATION SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER TEACHER SALARIES TEACHERS TECHNICAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL TRAINING TRAINING CENTERS TRANSPORTATION UNIVERSAL EDUCATION UNIVERSITIES VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION This Public Expenditure Review and Integrated Fiduciary Assessment (PER-FA) reviews and assesses the contribution that public expenditure has made to poverty reduction, and growth in Vietnam in recent years, and, identifies priorities and actions for strengthening that contribution over the coming years, through better resource allocation, and better public expenditure management. Fiscal trends have been positive, both in terms of revenue collection and expenditure outturns, resulting in a sustainable fiscal balance. Nevertheless, a number of threats to fiscal sustainability exist, and require attention over the coming years. The Government should restrict further off-budget bond issuance, channeling all Government borrowing through the budget. It should take urgent action to resolve the current expenditure arrears, largely associated with public investment in the transport and agriculture sectors-and prevent their further build up. It should strengthen arrangements for the monitoring, and management of fiscal risk, initially with better recording of domestic debt and credit, through the Development Assistance Fund (DAF). It should rapidly implement the plan to prepare a realistic and sustainable Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF) as part of every budget cycle. On reviewing the composition of public expenditure, the report states that the shares in total capital spending and total aggregate expenditure of Education and Training, and of Science and Technology, have increased significantly over the review period. Successful efforts have been made to make the transfer of resources between provinces more pro-poor, resulting in an inter-provincial transfer and revenue sharing formula, which indeed benefits poorer provinces. However, non-wage operations and maintenance expenditure fell to by 2002, while the share of capital expenditure (including major repairs) increased somehow. It is necessary to take urgent action to address an imminent maintenance crisis, and strike a balance between capital and recurrent spending. Moreover, regarding institutional aspects, further reforms are required. Efforts are required to strengthen joint working between the Finance and Planning functions at every level. The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) should collaborate actively with sector ministries, and provinces in the preparation of Medium-Term Expenditure Frameworks (MTEFs), building on the experience, and success of sectoral pilots. Additionally, the Government should further rationalize the roles and responsibilities of the audit and inspection functions, while appropriate monitoring measures should be implemented to ensure that fiscal transparency and reporting regulations are properly implemented at all levels of government, and by all spending units. Increased delegation to spending units is one of the key developments in public expenditure management in Vietnam in recent years. However, such delegation needs to be managed carefully if it is to result in better service delivery, and if it is to support, rather than jeopardize, equity and poverty reduction. Finally, public investment management is a critical part of public expenditure management; in Vietnam, it is particularly critical to the extent that State Budget-financed investment has grown rapidly, and now constitutes about 40 percent of the total State Budget. Analysis of recurrent costs should be built in to investment selection, and the MTEF approach should be used as a way of balancing and ensuring consistency between recurrent and capital costs. 2012-06-20T19:25:58Z 2012-06-20T19:25:58Z 2005-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5813715/vietnam-managing-public-expenditure-poverty-reduction-growth-public-expenditure-review-integrated-fiduciary-assessment-vol-2-2-sectoral-issues http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8564 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Integrated Fiduciary Assessment Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Asia Southeast Asia Vietnam