Burkina Faso : The Budget as Centerpiece of PRSP Implementation, Public Expenditure Review

This Public expenditure Review (PER) builds on budget procedures and budget implementation, following three years of Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) implementation. It reviews progress in budget management, and budget priorities, proposes a closer institutional integration of programmatic bu...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Public Expenditure Review
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6030708/burkina-faso-budget-centerpiece-prsp-implementation-public-expenditure-review
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spelling okr-10986-86202021-04-23T14:02:39Z Burkina Faso : The Budget as Centerpiece of PRSP Implementation, Public Expenditure Review World Bank ACCOUNT ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ACCOUNTS AGRICULTURE AVERAGE COSTS BUDGET CUTS BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION BUDGET MANAGEMENT BUDGET PROCESS BUDGET REFORM BUDGETARY SPENDING BUDGETING CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH COST RECOVERY EDUCATION ESSENTIAL DRUGS EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL PLANNING FINANCIAL PLANS FOOD SECURITY FORECASTS GENDER GIRLS HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH COMMITTEES HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HIGH FERTILITY HOSPITAL SERVICES HOSPITALS ILLITERACY INCOMES INFANT MORTALITY INTEGRATION MALARIA MALNUTRITION MANAGERS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MEDICAL SERVICES MENINGITIS MORBIDITY MORTALITY NGOS NUTRITION PROGRAMS PARENTS PATIENTS PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PRIMARY CARE PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROGRAM BUDGETING PUBLIC ACCOUNTING PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC SECTOR PURCHASING REPORTING RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALES SCHOOLS SOCIAL SERVICES UNIT COSTS VACCINATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WORKERS This Public expenditure Review (PER) builds on budget procedures and budget implementation, following three years of Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) implementation. It reviews progress in budget management, and budget priorities, proposes a closer institutional integration of programmatic budgeting with the PRSP process, and reviews recent developments, and expenditure policies in the health, and education sectors. The PER focuses on the budget process, which is formally transparent, but reallocations made throughout the budget preparation process are not always based on clear criteria. Budget information is available to the government and donors during the year, but not to the wider public, who has to rely on PRSP progress reports, and budget execution reports. Overall, further progress is needed in providing timely information to the public on budget preparation, and execution. Notably, the PRSP process and the availability of HIPC funds, led to a substantial increase of expenditure in priority areas (education, health, rural development) and similarly, core priority areas (primary education, primary health, and rural development), doubling per-capita spending between 1998 and 2002. However, little of the additional spending was for recurrent expenditure, raising concerns as regards the balance between investments, and operational expenditure. The PRSP process has not generated significant additional resources in real terms. However, it has been accompanied by a shift from project to budget support. Nonetheless, the limited predictability of budget support within fiscal years has caused difficulties for expenditure and cash management. Recommendations include: Systematic review on the level of recurrent and investment spending in priority areas, based on budget execution data for 1998-2003; implementation of recommendations on technical assistance provision, to improve programming and monitoring of foreign-financed investment spending; improvement on the functioning of inter-ministerial working groups, to ensure consistency between PRSP and sectoral programs, to open these to civil society, private sector, and donor participation; and, improved efficiency of ex-ante control, adopting a price referential, a decree on the "morality" of expenditure, and, a revision of the required documentation's nomenclature. 2012-06-21T14:04:17Z 2012-06-21T14:04:17Z 2005-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6030708/burkina-faso-budget-centerpiece-prsp-implementation-public-expenditure-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8620 English en_US Public expenditure review (PER); CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review Economic & Sector Work Africa West Africa Sahel Sub-Saharan Africa Burkina Faso
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topic ACCOUNT
ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS
ACCOUNTS
AGRICULTURE
AVERAGE COSTS
BUDGET CUTS
BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION
BUDGET MANAGEMENT
BUDGET PROCESS
BUDGET REFORM
BUDGETARY SPENDING
BUDGETING
CLINICS
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY HEALTH
COST RECOVERY
EDUCATION
ESSENTIAL DRUGS
EXPENDITURES
FINANCIAL PLANNING
FINANCIAL PLANS
FOOD SECURITY
FORECASTS
GENDER
GIRLS
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH CLINICS
HEALTH COMMITTEES
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HIGH FERTILITY
HOSPITAL SERVICES
HOSPITALS
ILLITERACY
INCOMES
INFANT MORTALITY
INTEGRATION
MALARIA
MALNUTRITION
MANAGERS
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
MEDICAL SERVICES
MENINGITIS
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
NGOS
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
PARENTS
PATIENTS
PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
PRIMARY CARE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT
PROGRAM BUDGETING
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HOSPITALS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PURCHASING
REPORTING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SALES
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL SERVICES
UNIT COSTS
VACCINATION
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WORKERS
spellingShingle ACCOUNT
ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS
ACCOUNTS
AGRICULTURE
AVERAGE COSTS
BUDGET CUTS
BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION
BUDGET MANAGEMENT
BUDGET PROCESS
BUDGET REFORM
BUDGETARY SPENDING
BUDGETING
CLINICS
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY HEALTH
COST RECOVERY
EDUCATION
ESSENTIAL DRUGS
EXPENDITURES
FINANCIAL PLANNING
FINANCIAL PLANS
FOOD SECURITY
FORECASTS
GENDER
GIRLS
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH CLINICS
HEALTH COMMITTEES
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HIGH FERTILITY
HOSPITAL SERVICES
HOSPITALS
ILLITERACY
INCOMES
INFANT MORTALITY
INTEGRATION
MALARIA
MALNUTRITION
MANAGERS
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
MEDICAL SERVICES
MENINGITIS
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
NGOS
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
PARENTS
PATIENTS
PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
PRIMARY CARE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT
PROGRAM BUDGETING
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HOSPITALS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PURCHASING
REPORTING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SALES
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL SERVICES
UNIT COSTS
VACCINATION
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WORKERS
World Bank
Burkina Faso : The Budget as Centerpiece of PRSP Implementation, Public Expenditure Review
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West Africa
Sahel
Sub-Saharan Africa
Burkina Faso
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description This Public expenditure Review (PER) builds on budget procedures and budget implementation, following three years of Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) implementation. It reviews progress in budget management, and budget priorities, proposes a closer institutional integration of programmatic budgeting with the PRSP process, and reviews recent developments, and expenditure policies in the health, and education sectors. The PER focuses on the budget process, which is formally transparent, but reallocations made throughout the budget preparation process are not always based on clear criteria. Budget information is available to the government and donors during the year, but not to the wider public, who has to rely on PRSP progress reports, and budget execution reports. Overall, further progress is needed in providing timely information to the public on budget preparation, and execution. Notably, the PRSP process and the availability of HIPC funds, led to a substantial increase of expenditure in priority areas (education, health, rural development) and similarly, core priority areas (primary education, primary health, and rural development), doubling per-capita spending between 1998 and 2002. However, little of the additional spending was for recurrent expenditure, raising concerns as regards the balance between investments, and operational expenditure. The PRSP process has not generated significant additional resources in real terms. However, it has been accompanied by a shift from project to budget support. Nonetheless, the limited predictability of budget support within fiscal years has caused difficulties for expenditure and cash management. Recommendations include: Systematic review on the level of recurrent and investment spending in priority areas, based on budget execution data for 1998-2003; implementation of recommendations on technical assistance provision, to improve programming and monitoring of foreign-financed investment spending; improvement on the functioning of inter-ministerial working groups, to ensure consistency between PRSP and sectoral programs, to open these to civil society, private sector, and donor participation; and, improved efficiency of ex-ante control, adopting a price referential, a decree on the "morality" of expenditure, and, a revision of the required documentation's nomenclature.
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title Burkina Faso : The Budget as Centerpiece of PRSP Implementation, Public Expenditure Review
title_short Burkina Faso : The Budget as Centerpiece of PRSP Implementation, Public Expenditure Review
title_full Burkina Faso : The Budget as Centerpiece of PRSP Implementation, Public Expenditure Review
title_fullStr Burkina Faso : The Budget as Centerpiece of PRSP Implementation, Public Expenditure Review
title_full_unstemmed Burkina Faso : The Budget as Centerpiece of PRSP Implementation, Public Expenditure Review
title_sort burkina faso : the budget as centerpiece of prsp implementation, public expenditure review
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6030708/burkina-faso-budget-centerpiece-prsp-implementation-public-expenditure-review
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