United Republic of Tanzania - Public Expenditure Review FY02 : Report on Fiscal Developments and Public Expenditure Management Issues

This Public Expenditure Review (PER) examines the overall fiscal discipline, which after targeting, and achieving recurrent surpluses by FY99, the targets for FY01 were set to provide scope for financing of priority sector activities under the Poverty Reduction Strategy, and accommodate increased foreign inflows in the form of program grants. However, recurrent deficits in FY01, and, the target for FY02, delivered a recurrent deficit of 2.5 percent of GDP. Nonetheless, these deficits are within the sustainability thresholds indicated by recent analyses of fiscal, and debt sustainability, and remain compatible with continued macroeconomic stability. The report also looks at the introduction of cash flow planning, and the innovation introduced with the public finance act, to then analyze the government resources, and expenditures, which overall, expenditures on the key priority areas increased, exceeding the additional debt relief available through the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. The report subsequently focuses on two main sources of fiscal risks, namely, on public enterprise debts and retrenchment costs associated with privatization; and, on extra-budgetary commitments related to procurement. Containment of fiscal risks, and further work should be extended to quantify, and validate parastatal debts covering other resources of fiscal risks, including commitments to privatization. Recommendations include a review of the existing tracking systems to identify information gaps, and recommend how systems can be streamlined, how information flows can be improved, and to clarify roles, and responsibilities of key institutions in this process. Moreover, attention should be paid to both financial reporting, and service delivery, including ways of integrating the two, in addition to identifying links to the poverty monitoring process.

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2002-05
Subjects:ACCOUNTING, ANTI-CORRUPTION, APPROPRIATIONS, AUDITORS, AUTHORITY, BANK OF TANZANIA, BASIC EDUCATION, BILATERAL DEBT, BORROWING, BUDGET EXECUTION, BUDGET MANAGEMENT, BUDGET PROCESS, BUDGET SYSTEM, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SERVICE, COMMERCIAL CREDIT, COMMERCIAL DEBT, COMMERCIAL LOANS, COUNCILS, CREDITOR, CREDITORS, DEBT, DEBT LEVEL, DEBT MANAGEMENT, DEBT OBLIGATIONS, DEBT OUTSTANDING, DEBT RELIEF, DEBT SERVICING, DEBT STRATEGY, DEBT SUSTAINABILITY, DEBT SWAPS, DEBTS, DECISION MAKING, DISCLOSURE, DOMESTIC DEBT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC STABILITY, EMPLOYMENT, EXECUTIVE AGENCIES, EXTERNAL DEBT, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, FISCAL, FISCAL BALANCE, FISCAL DEFICIT, FISCAL DEFICITS, FISCAL DISCIPLINE, FISCAL MANAGEMENT, FISCAL PERFORMANCE, FISCAL REVENUE, FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, FISCAL YEAR, FOREIGN ASSETS, FOREIGN ASSISTANCE, FOREIGN BANKS, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET, GOVERNMENT EFFORTS, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES, GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES, GOVERNMENT POLICY, GOVERNMENT REFORM, GOVERNMENT RESOURCES, GOVERNMENT REVENUE, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, INSOLVENCY, INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, LAWS, LEGAL PROVISIONS, LEGAL STRUCTURE, LIQUIDATION, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL AUTHORITY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LONG TERM DEBT, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, NATIONAL DEBT, NATIONAL SERVICE, NATIONS, PARASTATALS, PAYMENT ARREARS, PRIVATE BANKS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATIZATION, PROVISIONING, PROVISIONS, PUBLIC DEBT, PUBLIC ENTERPRISES, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEWS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SPENDING, RECURRENT EXPENDITURES, REPRESENTATIVES, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, REVENUE COLLECTION, REVENUE PERFORMANCE, SHORT TERM CREDIT, SHORT TERM DEBT, SOCIAL SECTOR, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, TAX, TAX RATES, TAXATION, TRANSPARENCY, TREASURY, UTILITIES, VALUE ADDED TAX, WAGES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, SECTOR INVESTMENT, FINANCING OPTIONS, SECTORAL ALLOCATION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, FOREIGN INVESTMENTS, PROGRAM LENDING, GRANTS, DEBT SUSTAINABILTY, MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION, CASH FLOW, HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRIES, RISK ASSESSMENTS, PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES, COST RECOVERY, BUDGETARY RESOURCES, PROCUREMENT, PARASTATAL REFORM, INFORMATION COLLECTION, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS, SERVICE DELIVERY, POVERTY MONITORING,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/2002829/tanzania-public-expenditure-review-fy02-report-fiscal-developments-public-expenditure-management-issues-external-evaluation
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15363
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