The budget and medium-term expenditure framework in Uganda

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Bevan, David
Copyright Year	2001
Abstract	The study looks at the Government of Uganda's approach to budgetary management, which evolved steadily during the past decade, as well as at the changes in the institutional framework, which in the process, improved the macroeconomics of budgetary management, shifting public spending toward social sectors, and infrastructure. The Poverty Action Fund (PAF) is examined, as being the major vehicle for directing funds into the priority sectors. Using 1997/98 as a baseline, the PAF is measured through the total spending on all programs currently within the PAF, and the study further analyzes the future operation of PAF. Conclusions indicate that the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) in the country, has been successful in shifting expenditure composition, most notably in favor of education, as well as protecting priority sectors against cuts. It has been less successful at ensuring that budget allocations translate reliably, into actual expenditures. In the wider context of the policies which successfully delivered macroeconomic stability, these achievements are impressive, but more remains to be done to improve public spending outcomes.
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Language	English
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