Publication: Zambia : Public Expenditure Management and Financial Accountability Review
Date
2004-10-12
ISSN
Published
2004-10-12
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Zambia's economy is not growing
fast. Poverty is on the rise. The quality of economic
governance is on the decline. And public resources are not
well spent. The badly needed first steps to reverse all this
are to start getting the budgetary allocations right and to
make sure those allocations go where they re intended. That
requires making the public aware of the government s
budgetary decisions and holding the government accountable
for better performance. Budgets, now not credible, have to
become credible. Spending rules, where they exist, must be
strengthened and enforced. Where rules are missing, they
must be created and once again enforced to remove today s
pernicious discretion. Addressing the longstanding
challenges that Zambia faces in public expenditure
management will require strong political will. For Zambia to
assure that public accountability is enduring and not
dependent on the government of the day, it must strengthen
budget processes and institutions that can provide public
oversight and promote basic checks and balances. This report
provides an analysis of how Zambia can strengthen budgetary
processes and institutions for accountability and effective
service delivery to its citizens.
Citation
“World Bank. 2004. Zambia : Public Expenditure Management and Financial Accountability Review. World Bank Country Study;. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/224ac6a1-5702-5f6f-ab8c-59a9e42009ac License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”