World Bank2013-08-282013-08-282001-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15461At the heart of the growth problem, the persistence of poverty, and issues of policy reform in Zambia is the public sector reform program. The best practice in public sector reform identifies three areas in which governments can improve their performance and their impact on the economy and poor: 1) macroeconomic discipline (the satabilization problem); 2) strategic priority setting (the allocation problem); and 3) efficient public-service delivery (the execution problem). Zambia's problem appears to be in all three areas. In particular, the aggregate performance, allocation, and execution of the budget are vital to the success of Zambia's public sector reform program. All three areas, particularly the allocation and execution issues, as they apply to public expenditure are the subject matter of the present public expenditure review (PER).en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONANNUAL INCOMEAUDITSAUTHORITYBALANCE OF PAYMENTSBASIC EDUCATIONBENEFIT INCIDENCEBUDGET MANAGEMENTBUDGET MONITORINGBUDGETARY INSTITUTIONSCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL GRANTSCDFCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCIVIL SOCIETYCONSENSUSCUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTIONCUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONCURRENCY UNITDEBT RELIEFDEBT SERVICEDEFICITSDEREGULATIONDIVERSIFICATIONECONOMIC AFFAIRSECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC CONTRACTIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC MANAGEMENTELASTICITIESELECTRICITYEMPLOYMENTENERGY CONSUMPTIONEXCHANGE RATEEXECUTIONEXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT REFORMEXTERNAL DEBTEXTREME POVERTYFARMSFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFISCALFISCAL CONTROLSFISCAL DEFICITFISCAL MANAGEMENTFISCAL SUSTAINABILITYFISHERIESGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURESGOVERNMENT SPENDINGGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTHHEALTH CAREHEALTH EXPENDITURESHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH STATUSHIGH INFLATIONHOUSINGHUMAN RESOURCEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME GROWTHINFLATIONINSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINELACK OF TRANSPARENCYLIVESTOCK PRODUCTSLIVING CONDITIONSLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLONG RUNLONG TERMLONG-TERM GROWTHMACRO STABILITYMACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORKMACROECONOMICSMARGINAL COSTMARGINAL COSTSMEAN EXPENDITUREMEAN INCOMEMEDIUM TERMMINESMINISTRY OF FINANCENATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENUTRITIONOILPARASTATALSPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY OPTIONSPOLICY REFORMSPOLITICAL SUPPORTPOOL RESOURCESPOOR COMMUNITIESPOOR COUNTRIESPOPULATION GROWTHPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIVATE GOODSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR GROWTHPRIVATIZATION AGENCYPRO-POORPUBLIC BUDGETPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENTPUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEWPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC PROGRAMSPUBLIC PROVISIONPUBLIC RESOURCESPUBLIC REVENUESPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SECTOR DEFICITPUBLIC SECTOR REFORMPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICE CAPACITYPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SPENDINGPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYREAL EXCHANGE RATEREFORM PROGRAMRESOURCE CONSERVATIONRESOURCE MOBILIZATIONROADSRURAL AREASRURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL PEOPLERURAL POORSECONDARY SCHOOLINGSERVICE DELIVERYSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL EXPENDITURESSOCIAL SECTORSSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL SPENDINGSTATE-OWNED ENTERPRISESSTATISTICAL OFFICESTATISTICS OFFICESTRUCTURAL REFORMSTAXTERMS OF TRADETRADE SHOCKSTRANSPARENCYURBAN AREAURBAN AREASUTILITIES POLICY REFORMMACROECONOMIC STABILIZATIONALLOCATION OF RESOURCESINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC ENTERPRISESPUBLIC SERVICESSERVICE DELIVERYPARASTATAL REFORMRURAL INFRASTRUCTUREBUDGET MONITORINGQUALITY OF EDUCATIONTEACHER QUALIFICATIONSACCESS TO EDUCATIONEDUCATIONAL EVALUATIONSUBSIDIESTUITION FEESPAYMENTS ARRANGEMENTSPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONHIV INFECTIONSACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMEPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPOTABLE WATERSANITATION SERVICESWATER METERINGWATER PRICESAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONFOOD RESERVESAGRICULTURAL SERVICESTRANSPORT SYSTEMSIRRIGATION SYSTEMSPRIVATIZATION OF SERVICESENERGY SECTORREGULATORY FRAMEWORKBUDGET MANAGEMENTWorld Bank10.1596/15461