Republic of Iraq Public Expenditure Review : Toward More Efficient Spending for Better Service Delivery
The report is organized as follows. Chapter one sets out the strategic context for Iraq, including the evolving political situation, macroeconomic context, and poverty and social conditions. Chapter two analyzes the trends in, and composition of, p...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank Group
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/08/19925250/republic-iraq-public-expenditure-review-toward-more-efficient-spending-better-service-delivery http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19281 |
| Summary: | The report is organized as follows.
Chapter one sets out the strategic context for Iraq,
including the evolving political situation, macroeconomic
context, and poverty and social conditions. Chapter two
analyzes the trends in, and composition of, public
expenditure, both from economic and functional perspectives.
This chapter discusses the efficiency of public expenditure
in Iraq (that is, through benchmarking as well as direct
output comparisons) and identifies, on the basis of
analysis, key sectors for further in-depth assessment for
the second phase. It also looks at revenue management issues
drawing on the Country Economic Memorandum (CEM). Chapter
three examines strategic prioritization and budget execution
issues in Iraq. In particular, it reviews the national
development priorities, as articulated in the National
Development Plan (NDP) and poverty reduction strategy (PRS),
and examines the strategic orientation of public
expenditures, that is, to what extent public expenditure
priorities relate to Iraq s development plan. This chapter
also focuses on public investment in Iraq, analyzes key
issues against efficient and effective use of investment
budget, and proposes actions for an effective Public
Investment Management (PIM) system. Chapter four analyzes
efficiency of public spending in electricity sector and
discusses public service delivery issues while chapter five
focuses on efficiency and equity issues in public
expenditure on health. |
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