Public Expenditure Reform Under Adjustment Lending

Lessons from World Bank Experiences

• Author(s): Jeff Huther, Sandra Roberts, Anwar Shah,
• Publisher: World Bank
• Pages: 55
• ISBN_10: 082134160X
  ISBN_13: 9780821341605
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Banks & Banking , Business & Economics / International / General , Business & Economics / Public Finance , Business & Economics / Structural Adjustment , Business & Economics / International / Economics & Trade , Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Political Science / Public Policy / General , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries ,

Description:... 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.