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Guinea Public Expenditure Review Summary

Core Content

The document provides an overview of the World Bank's involvement in the Public Expenditure Review (PER) in Guinea, focusing on the development of a Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and improvements in the budget process. The PER is a key tool for enhancing public resource management and aligning sectoral policies with macroeconomic goals.

Main Objectives

• Improvement of public resource management through more efficient allocations and enhanced budget processes.
• Costing out of priority sectors' policies against the medium-term macroeconomic framework.
• Computing recurrent costs of investments and assessing the efficiency and equity of social expenditures using household surveys.
• Formulation of reform recommendations for the budget process and allocations to priority sectors.

Key Features of the First Bank-Assisted PER Report

• Costing out of priority sectors' policies against the medium-term macroeconomic framework.
• Calculation of recurrent costs for investments.
• Use of household surveys to evaluate the efficiency and equity of social expenditures.

Impact on the Ground

1. Development of the MTEF

• The government mobilized high-ranking civil servants from central ministries and four line ministries for a 6-month period to prepare the MTEF.
• The MTEF is part of the government's economic reform program, supported by the World Bank.
• The finalization of the MTEF will be carried out by government teams.
• Four line ministries are revising their medium-term policies and costing out their implementation.
• Central ministries are preparing a macroeconomic policy document to assist the cabinet in intersectoral allocation decisions.
• The Ministry of Plan has improved the predictability of the macroeconomic framework.

2. Budget Process Reforms

• The government is revising budget procedures and the procurement code, with a focus on simplification and transparency.
• Computerization of expenditures, including payroll, has been initiated and will be extended to line ministries.

Lessons Learned

• Signaling importance: It is essential to communicate the significance of the initiative to line ministries. This was achieved through the dissemination of MTEF features at all levels of government and the adoption of the MTEF by the Cabinet.
• High-level supervision: A high-level authority, such as the Prime Minister's office, is necessary to supervise and coordinate the work groups.
• Donor involvement: Early donor involvement in the MTEF preparation process helps in building consensus and improving coordination.
• Ad-hoc work groups: Recommendations for improving budget preparation and implementation were formulated by ad-hoc work groups and presented to the Cabinet, which helped resolve sectoral issues.
• Interplay of commitments: The commitment of core agencies to a guaranteed level of expenditure is a key attraction for line ministries, but it also raises concerns for central agencies. Balancing this interplay is a central challenge in the MTEF process.
• Capacity and ownership: Even administrations with limited capacity, such as Guinea's, can achieve significant progress and develop a sense of ownership in an MTEF framework if empowered and incentivized.

Contact Information

• Pascale Kervyn: Tel. No. (202) 4735553; Email: Pkervyndelettenh@worldbank.org
• Brian Ngo: Tel. No. (202) 4736338; Email: Bngo@worldbank.org