Public expenditure reform under adjustment lending : lessons from World Bank experiences
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c1997Description: viii, 55 p. : illustrationsISBN: 082134160X (pbk.); 9780821341605 Subject(s): Government spending policy | Loans, Foreign | Economic assistanceDDC classification: 336.39091724 Summary: This paper argues that the World Bank should follow a systemic approach to developing guidance on public expenditure reform. Suggested approaches are to: determine an appropriate role for government and its various agents and specify their partnership with the civil society and the private sector; clarify the goals of reform and specify performance monitoring and evaluation indicators; target unproductive and inequitable expenditures from elimination; emphasize poverty alleviation; and promote equity and adopt general guidelines on policy environment goals for external assistance.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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This paper argues that the World Bank should follow a systemic approach to developing guidance on public expenditure reform. Suggested approaches are to: determine an appropriate role for government and its various agents and specify their partnership with the civil society and the private sector; clarify the goals of reform and specify performance monitoring and evaluation indicators; target unproductive and inequitable expenditures from elimination; emphasize poverty alleviation; and promote equity and adopt general guidelines on policy environment goals for external assistance.
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