Chad Public Expenditure Review in the Agricultural, Rural Development, and Food Security Sector
Over the review period covered by this report (2003-2012), the budget allocated to agriculture increased noticeably more than the sector’s contribution to GDP. This reflects a notable effort by the Chad authorities to increase the budget to boost this sector’s development in recent years. In this proactive context, Chad signed its CAADP compact in December 2013 to continue supporting agriculture’s revival. The CAADP is being implemented in Chad even as the terms of the National Rural Sector Investment Program (PNISR, 2014-2020) are being finalized. Within the context of the CAADP, the Government of Chad (GOC) wished to undertake a review of public agriculture expenditures to learn from past budgetary implementation in this sector with a view to improving future program performance. Following a request by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MoAI), the NEPAD planning and coordination agency gave Chad it’s backing for this review. This process was undertaken by the Program for Strengthening National Comprehensive Agricultural Public Expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa, co-financed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the CAADP Multi-Donor Trust Fund. This program, implemented by the World Bank, aims to improve the impact of the still-limited public resources available to governments in Sub-Saharan Africa to foster agricultural development and reduce poverty in rural areas, where most of the poor in these countries, notably Chad, live. This study follows and builds upon a number of similar studies conducted in recent years on public expenditure management, in particular in Chad the Action Plan for the Modernization of Public Finances (PAMFIP). However, these studies have focused on budget management as a whole, and none to date has looked at the agricultural sector specifically.
Summary: | Over the review period covered by this
report (2003-2012), the budget allocated to agriculture
increased noticeably more than the sector’s contribution to
GDP. This reflects a notable effort by the Chad authorities
to increase the budget to boost this sector’s development in
recent years. In this proactive context, Chad signed its
CAADP compact in December 2013 to continue supporting
agriculture’s revival. The CAADP is being implemented in
Chad even as the terms of the National Rural Sector
Investment Program (PNISR, 2014-2020) are being finalized.
Within the context of the CAADP, the Government of Chad
(GOC) wished to undertake a review of public agriculture
expenditures to learn from past budgetary implementation in
this sector with a view to improving future program
performance. Following a request by the Ministry of
Agriculture and Irrigation (MoAI), the NEPAD planning and
coordination agency gave Chad it’s backing for this review.
This process was undertaken by the Program for Strengthening
National Comprehensive Agricultural Public Expenditure in
Sub-Saharan Africa, co-financed by the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation and the CAADP Multi-Donor Trust Fund. This
program, implemented by the World Bank, aims to improve the
impact of the still-limited public resources available to
governments in Sub-Saharan Africa to foster agricultural
development and reduce poverty in rural areas, where most of
the poor in these countries, notably Chad, live. This study
follows and builds upon a number of similar studies
conducted in recent years on public expenditure management,
in particular in Chad the Action Plan for the Modernization
of Public Finances (PAMFIP). However, these studies have
focused on budget management as a whole, and none to date
has looked at the agricultural sector specifically. |
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