Samoa Public Expenditure Review Notes : Taking Stock of Expenditure Trends from FY06-FY12

Samoa's fiscal position and the structure of its budget have evolved markedly in recent years. Samoa had built up sufficient fiscal space in the early to mid-2000s to be able to respond to a major exogenous shock. The objective of the public expenditure review (PER) notes is to assist the Government of Samoa (GoS) in taking stock of the evolving expenditure trends in recent years and to strengthen the analytical basis for the management of public expenditure. Financial management information systems (FMIS) data was consistently classified and supplemented with project grant and loan related data from ministry of finance accounts to compile a full database of domestically and externally funded expenditure. The analysis of the public wage bill combines FMIS data with data from the payroll system. It also incorporates payroll data from the accounts of the largest public agencies to present approximate estimates of payroll trends for the whole government for the first time. This note will look backwards to take stock of the factors that accounted for fiscal expansion since FY2006, and look ahead to highlight the impact of cyclone Evan on the fiscal position from 2013 onwards. The first part of the note will review trends in public expenditure, revenues, grants, financing, and budget execution to provide insight into which aspects resource allocation have changed the most in real terms from 2006 to 2012, and decompose trends to identify the main drivers of growth in the budget. The second part of the note focuses on the impact of cyclone Evan on Samoa's fiscal position from 2013 onwards, and presents projections of the fiscal path in long-term in light of higher deficit and debt levels.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Public Expenditure Review biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014-03
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS, ACCOUNTING, ADMINISTRATION COSTS, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, AGGREGATE FISCAL, AGGREGATE FISCAL DISCIPLINE, ANNUAL BUDGET, ANNUAL BUDGETS, AUDIT OFFICE, BASIC SERVICES, BUDGET ALLOCATION, BUDGET DEFICIT, BUDGET DEFICITS, BUDGET ESTIMATES, BUDGET EXECUTION, BUDGET FORMULATION, BUDGET FRAMEWORK, BUDGET PLANNING, BUDGET POLICY, BUDGET PROCESS, BUDGET PROPOSALS, BUDGET STRATEGY, BUDGET SUPPORT, CAPITAL BUDGET, CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CAPITAL PROJECTS, CAPITAL SPENDING, CASH BALANCES, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT, CHILD HEALTH SERVICES, CHILDBIRTH, CIVIL SERVANTS, CIVIL SERVICE, CLINICS, COMMODITY PRICES, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY HEALTH, COMMUNITY NURSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES, COSTS OF GOVERNMENT, CREDIT FACILITY, DEBT BURDEN, DEBT MANAGEMENT, DEBT RATIO, DEBT SERVICE, DEBT SERVICING, DEBT SUSTAINABILITY, DECENTRALIZATION, DIABETES, DIPHTHERIA, DISASTERS, DOMESTIC EXPENDITURE, DOMESTIC REVENUE, DONOR FINANCING, DONOR FUNDING, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC GROWTH RATES, ECONOMIC POLICY, ECONOMIC RECOVERY, ECONOMIC SHOCKS, EDUCATION BUDGET, EDUCATION SPENDING, EXCHANGE RATE, EXOGENOUS SHOCKS, EXPENDITURE ALLOCATIONS, EXPENDITURE AREA, EXPENDITURE COMMITMENTS, EXPENDITURE GROWTH, EXPENDITURE ITEM, EXPENDITURE LEVELS, EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT, EXPENDITURE OUTCOMES, EXPENDITURE PLAN, EXPENDITURE PLANS, EXPENDITURE POLICY, EXPENDITURE PRIORITIES, EXPENDITURE PROGRAM, EXPENDITURES, EXTERNAL BORROWING, EXTERNAL DEBT, EXTERNAL FINANCING, EXTERNAL GRANTS, EXTERNAL LOANS, EXTERNAL SHOCKS, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, FINANCIAL POSITION, FISCAL COMMITMENTS, FISCAL CONSOLIDATION, FISCAL DEFICIT, FISCAL POLICY, FISCAL POSITION, FISCAL PRESSURES, FISCAL PROJECTIONS, FISCAL STRATEGY, FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, FISCAL SYSTEMS, FISCAL TARGET, FORWARD ESTIMATES, GOVERNMENT BUDGET, GOVERNMENT CONSUMPTION, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE, GOVERNMENT FUNDING, GOVERNMENT GRANTS, GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE SPENDING, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH EXPENDITURE, HEALTH OUTCOME, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH PROMOTION, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SPENDING, HIGHER INTEREST, HIGHER INTEREST PAYMENTS, HOSPITAL SERVICES, HOSPITALS, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, INCOME TAX, INFLATION, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INTEREST PAYMENTS, INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS, LAWS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, MEDICAL TREATMENT, MEDIUM TERM EXPENDITURE, MIDWIFERY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, MONETARY POLICY, MORTALITY, NATIONAL BUDGET, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL RESOURCES, NURSES, NURSING, NUTRITION, OPERATIONAL COSTS, PATIENT, PATIENTS, PENSION FUND, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, PERSONNEL EXPENDITURE, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PROGRAMS, PRUDENT FISCAL MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC AGENCIES, PUBLIC DEBT, PUBLIC ENTERPRISES, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW, PUBLIC FINANCES, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC GOODS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, PUBLIC HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES, PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SPENDING, PUBLIC SPENDING LEVELS, PUBLIC UTILITIES, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, REAL EXCHANGE RATE, RECURRENT EXPENDITURE, REFORM AGENDA, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESOURCE FLOWS, REVENUE GROWTH, SANITATION, SCREENING, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SECTOR BUDGET, SECTOR EXPENDITURE, SECTOR OUTPUT, SECTOR POLICIES, SECTOR POLICY, SECTOR PROGRAMS, SECTORAL EXPENDITURE, SECTORAL POLICY, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDER, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SPENDING LEVELS, SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS, TAX BURDEN, TAX EFFORT, TAX POLICY, TAX REVENUES, TOTAL EXPENDITURE, TOTAL SPENDING, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, VACCINATION, WORKERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19393773/samoa-public-expenditure-review-notes-taking-stock-expenditure-trends-fy2006-fy12 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18248
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