Niger - Public Expenditure Tracking Survey : Education and Health - Survey Questionnaire
The objective of the first Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) for Niger is to increase understanding of the link between public spending and service delivery at the facility level in order to contribute to improving the effectiveness and acc...
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| Format: | Public Expenditure Review | 
| Language: | English | 
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      World Bank    
    
      2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000334955_20100624003451 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3189  | 
| Summary: | The objective of the first Public
            Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) for Niger is to increase
            understanding of the link between public spending and
            service delivery at the facility level in order to
            contribute to improving the effectiveness and accountability
            in the use of public funds. Specifically, this PETS focuses
            on identifying the discrepancies, inefficiencies and delays
            in public spending execution for selected expenditures in
            the education and health sectors. The medium to long term
            goal of these PETS is to launch a process aimed at
            continuous improvements in public expenditure efficiency and
            equity by focusing on capacity building in this area in the
            ministries of education and health and in the Institute of
            National Statistics (INS). The main challenge faced by a
            tracking survey in a country like Niger is the availability
            and accuracy of records keeping. The Niger PETS highlights a
            general lack of systematic information recording. The
            quality of records in the education sector is low and data
            often incomplete. This is especially a problem when a higher
            level agency distributes resources to lower level agencies.
            The absence of downstream records indicates a lack of
            systems for downward accountability and can facilitate the
            diversion of resources. This compares unfavorably with a
            country such as Ghana, where the quality of record is good
            between the central agency and district offices. | 
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