Publication: Nigeria - Agriculture Public Expenditure Review
Date
2008-06
ISSN
Published
2008-06
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This report summarizes the findings of
the Nigeria Agriculture Public Expenditure Review (NAGPER).
The NAGPER was undertaken to achieve four main objectives:
(i) establish a robust data base on public expenditure in
the agricultural sector; (ii) diagnose the level and
composition of agricultural spending in the recent past;
(iii) understand the budget processes that determine
resource allocation in the sector; and (iv) draw preliminary
policy recommendations for agriculture. These objectives are
admittedly modest. At a minimum, most public expenditure
reviews (PER) seek to understand the basic pattern of public
spending in a sector, as well as the processes that
influence spending decisions. To better contribute to policy
making, many PERs also extend the analysis to examine not
only the quantity of spending, but also its efficiency and
impact. The scope of the NAGPER was restricted because
preliminary investigations revealed that assembling and
validating core expenditure data represented a major
challenge in and of itself. Therefore it seemed prudent not
to set out an overly ambitious set of objectives, the
realization of which might be compromised by lack of data.
Citation
“World Bank. 2008. Nigeria - Agriculture Public Expenditure Review. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/9719e646-4e7e-5be3-ba3b-aa56fd6d5d53 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”