A strict Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) will preside over revenue and expenditure management, and define the country’s financial possibilities. A well-mastered MTEF is also a guarantee for strengthened macro-economic management and thus poverty eradication.
From the Joint Assessment of PRSP;
More work is needed in developing a medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF). In particular, the MTEF needs to be extended to cover recurrent expenditures and linked to the budget process—if it is to become an effective policy tool, as forward expenditure estimates now focus exclusively on the public investment plan. Another priority is to strengthen the information on public expenditure allocations—for both economic and functional expenditure classifications—as this is crucial if the government is to effectively align available resources with its developmental priorities. Work is also needed on the expenditure policy analysis including costing of key policy objectives. Preliminary work is currently underway in this area, but is unlikely to be ready for the first annual report. Subsequent updates of the NGPES should also make use of planned expenditure tracking surveys, as well as data from existing surveys, such as the household survey, to examine the links between poverty and expenditure.
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