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Measuring and analysing public expenditures Data management. Joanna Komorowska. Outline. What information are we looking for? Sources of data Data management – the PE template. What information are we looking for?.
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Measuring and analysing public expendituresData management Joanna Komorowska
Outline • What information are we looking for? • Sources of data • Data management – the PE template
What information are we looking for? • Policies that generate transfers in support of food and agriculture sector including: • Detailed description of policy implementation criteria (for whom, how, for which commodity, under which conditions) • Actual expenditure • Source of funding (national and/or aid) • Government level (national/subnational) at disaggregated level (MAFAP classification)
What information are we looking for? • General characteristics of spending: • Proportion of admin costs in total expenditures • Recurrent versus development budget • Ratio of actual spending and budget allocations • Share of aid in budget allocations and share of aid in actual spending • Aid type – loans versus grants • Off-budget expenditures at aggregated level (derived indicators)
Sources of data • Ministry of finance/planning • Line ministries • Other public institutions that provide support to agriculture but also • Central bank • (and for aid CRS db, AidData etc.)
Discussion question What are the main sources of data on public expenditures in Tanzania?
Template • A simple Excel spreadsheet (PE_template.xls) • 3 worksheets: • Description of measures • Public expenditures classification • Other indicators that should be filled in this order