Publication: Sudan - Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) : Case Study of the Health Sector
Date
2011-12
ISSN
Published
2011-12
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The Sudan referendum on
post-Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) arrangements was
held during January 9-15, 2011 with results in favor of
secession of the South by July 9, 2011. The economic effects
will transmit largely through the fiscal and external
accounts and the outcome of secession negotiations will
determine the post-CPA economic landscape. The secession
outcome will likely put significant strain on economic
stability in the North. The PETS study is organized as
follows: chapter two presents the objectives of the study,
and the survey methodology and sampling size. Chapter three
focuses on the specific developments of budget data
(functional classification) in the Northern States. The
chapter sheds some light on revenues and expenditure in
Northern States and also zooms into the specific
responsibilities transferred to the states. Towards the end,
the chapter addresses the budgets specifically of the six
states that have been sampled for the study (in a purposive
sample). Chapter four is the heart of the study and is based
on the flow of funds analysis underlying the PET survey. It
starts out with addressing the question on 'who'
finances the health sector. With this it gives a good
account of the decentralized nature of health services,
which is a prerequisite to actually track public spending
through the system. Chapter five explores the
interconnections between public expenditure and service
delivery in Sudan and tries to assess the effectiveness of
public spending in contributing to the quality of health
services. Chapter six concludes with a highlight of the
findings and possible policy options. Annex one provides six
short extracts of the main findings and conclusions for each
state as additional case studies.
Citation
“World Bank. 2011. Sudan - Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) : Case Study of the Health Sector. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/21429a2a-585f-5a77-8441-05a8afc817bd License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”