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TRACKING OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE O T PRIMARY EDUCATION AND PRIMARY HEALTHCARE

Authors/Editors: Economic Policy Research Centre

Abstract:

The Tracking of Public Expenditure on Primary Health Care and Primary Education was prepared by a team of consultants from the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) and Management Systems and Economics Consultants (MSE) led by Dr Fred Opio. Dr Emmanuel Ablo of the World Bank and Dr Matthew Verghis participated in the study design and development of the tracking model. The task manager Dr Emmanuel Ablo, and Dr Ritva Renikka of the World Bank assisted by Ms. Mimi Kluststein-Meyer provided technical support in preparing the terms of reference and supervising the study. The task force formed by the Ministry ofFinance & Economic Planning under the chairmanship of Ms. Mary Muduli, Commissioner of Economic Planning, and comprising of representatives from several ministries, donors, private sector and NGOs, supervised the work. The consultancy work was financed by Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) through the World Bank. Data for the study was collected from various government departments and donors. In this regard, we express our gratitude to the good response received from Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation Secretariat, Ministry ofFinance and Economic Planning (Treasury office of Accounts), Ministry of Health, National Medical Stores, UNICEF, Ministry of Education and Sports and others. In the preparation of the report, consultations were made with several individuals either in official or private capacities. The consultants held several meetings with the task force and met with several donors, NGOs, private sector personnel, Chairmen local council (LC5), district medical officers and district education officers from whom they benefitted a lot from their invaluable suggestions. The consultants wish to take this opportunity to acknowledge all their contributions