Linking the PRSP to the Budget -- How PERs Can Help: The Example of Madagascar

The Bank's analytical work is seen as a critical input not only for the design of policy and investment lending operations, but also to help countries implement their national poverty reduction strategies. Using the example of the Madagascar PER 2004, Christos Kostopoulos, Senior Economist, ECSPE and Dieudonne Randriamanampisoa, Senior Economist, AFTP1 illustrate how PRSP implementation can be strengthened by rigorous analysis of the sustainability of the underlying medium-term fiscal framework and a clear assessment of trade-offs necessary to achieve PRSP objectives. With a view to improved service delivery under the PRSP, the PER carries out an analysis of the efficiency and sustainability of three sectors, education, transport and environment, in light of past and present sector priorities (investments, but also recurrent needs) and bottlenecks in implementation. Finally, to improve the institutional framework for budget allocations, the PER suggests a coherent results-based management framework and lays out steps for the strategic involvement of the cabinet in the budget preparation process.

Speakers: Christos Kostopoulos, Senior Economist, ECSPE and Dieudonne Randriamanampisoa, Senior Economist, AFTP1

Chair: Vera Wilhelm, Senior Economist, PRMPR

Presentation

• Madagascar PER: Helping to link the Budget to the PRSP (300kb PPT)

Session Summary

• Summary (21kb PDF)

Further Reading

• Madagascar PER summary (10kb PDF)
• Madagascar Public Expenditure Review: The Challenge of Poverty Reduction

Participants

• List of participants (19kb PDF)

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