Minding the Gaps : Integrating Poverty Reduction Strategies and Budgets for Domestic Accountability

The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) approach aims to enhance accountability by promoting the participation of domestic stakeholders in the formulation of clear and realistic development goals. This study offers practical insights for donors and national governments on how to strengthen the links between PRSs and national budgets, with a view to improving domestic accountability. It aims to answer two principal questions:what challenges have arisen in countries where efforts have been made to integrate the PRS with the budget, and what lessons have been generated by these experiences and what are the potential entry points for reforms to strengthen PRS-budget links. To answer these questions, the study reviews a series of case studies that document the status of budget and PRS integration in a sample of nine low-income countries -- Albania, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda -- and the links among policies, budgets, and service delivery in four higher-income countries that are internationally considered to be successful reformers in public financial management -- Australia, Chile, the Republic of Korea, and South Africa.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Wilhelm, Vera A., Krause, Philipp
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2008
Subjects:	FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, FISCAL FORECASTS, FISCAL FRAMEWORKS, FISCAL INFORMATION, FISCAL OUTCOMES, FISCAL POLICY, FISCAL PROJECTIONS, FORWARD ESTIMATES, GENERAL BUDGET SUPPORT, GOVERNMENT BUDGETS, GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE, GOVERNMENT POLICY, GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH SECTOR, INCENTIVE MECHANISMS, INFORMED DECISION, INTERNAL CONTROLS, INVESTMENT DECISIONS, INVESTMENT EXPENDITURE, LOW-INCOME, MEDIUM-TERM DEVELOPMENT, MEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITURE, MEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK, MEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORKS, MEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITURE PLANNING, MEDIUM-TERM FISCAL FRAMEWORK, MEDIUM-TERM PERSPECTIVE, MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, NATIONAL AUDIT, NATIONAL BUDGET, NATIONAL BUDGETS, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, NATIONAL INCOME, NATIONAL PRIORITIES, NATIONAL STRATEGY, ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, OUTCOME INFORMATION, OUTPUT TARGETS, PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT, PERFORMANCE BUDGETING, PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS, PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT, PERFORMANCE MONITORING, PERFORMANCE ORIENTATION, PERFORMANCE REPORTING, POLICY FORMULATION, POLITICIANS, POVERTY FUND, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY-REDUCING EXPENDITURES, PROBABILITY, PROGRAM BUDGETING, PROGRAM BUDGETS, PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, PROGRAM MANAGERS, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SPENDING, REALISTIC BUDGETS, RECURRENT EXPENDITURES, REFORM AGENDA, REFORM EFFORTS, REFORM PROCESSES, REFORM STRATEGIES, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESOURCE ALLOCATION DECISIONS, RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS, RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES, SECTOR CEILINGS, SECTOR MANAGERS, SECTOR MINISTRIES, SECTOR POLICIES, SECTORAL ALLOCATIONS, SECTORAL POLICIES, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE QUALITY, STAKEHOLDERS, STRATEGIC PLANS, STRATEGIC POLICY, STRATEGIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION, TRANSPARENCY, USE OF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, USE OF PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, WEAK BUDGET EXECUTION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8705396/minding-gaps-integrating-poverty-reduction-strategies-budgets-domestic-accountability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6801
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