Pakistan: Technical Assistance Report-Improving Budget Practices
Technical Assistance Reports, November 14, 2024
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Bibliographic details
- Published: November 14, 2024
- Series: Technical Assistance Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400293481.019
Summary
- Publication date: November 14, 2024
- Core finding: Pakistan’s tight fiscal situation will require strong control over the budget in coming years.
- Purpose: The report provides recommendations on steps to strengthen the country’s fiscal institutions to deliver a more credible budget, tighten its execution and prevent policy slippages.
- Additional focus: Advises on how to digitalize the budget process to improve monitoring and reporting.
Major themes and findings
- Budget credibility: Need to strengthen fiscal institutions to deliver a more credible budget.
- Budget execution: Emphasis on tightening budget execution to prevent policy slippages.
- Digitalization: Guidance on digitalizing the budget process to improve monitoring and reporting.
- Scope of topics covered (as listed): Budget execution and treasury management; Budget execution processes; Budget planning and preparation; Expenditure; Macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts; Public financial management (PFM).
Policy recommendations (as stated)
- Strengthen fiscal institutions to deliver a more credible budget.
- Tighten execution of the budget to prevent policy slippages.
- Digitalize the budget process to improve monitoring and reporting.
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