Basic Agricultural Public Expenditure Diagnostic Review : Ghana's Ministry of Food and Agriculture

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: ACCOUNTABILITY;    ACCOUNTING;    ACTUAL YIELDS;    ADAPTIVE RESEARCH;    ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS;   

RP-ID  :  83163

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Ghana, like many other Africancountries, had made a commitment in 2003 to allocate atleast ten percent of their national budgetary resources todevelop the agricultural sector by 2008, following theadoption of the Comprehensive African AgricultureDevelopment Programme (CAADP), with an aim towards realizingfood security and poverty reduction. This Agriculture PublicExpenditure Review (AgPER) for Ghana analyzes data on publicspending from both government and donor sources to assess:1) the alignment between expenditure patterns within theagricultural sector and stated policy priorities; and 2) theeffectiveness of public spending by comparing spendingagainst results. The outputs of the review include acomprehensive agricultural expenditure assessment to helpprovide a solid foundation for carrying out specializedstudies, such as Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS),and the establishment of the levels and composition ofpublic expenditure in the selected subsectors