Resource information
This policy note analyzes the
composition of public expenditures that support devolved
services (including the resource allocation decisions that
support these expenditures), an assessment of the quality of
local service delivery based on available local data, and an
evaluation of the interactions between various public
entities that finance and provide local services. The report
includes reviews of local capital investments, local road
sector, and the local health sector. The findings from the
case studies suggest the need for the rationalization,
harmonization, and simplification of local planning and
budgeting requirements prescribed by national government
oversight agencies. There is also strong need for the
national government to clarify the assignment of
administrative responsibility for local roads in order to
improve the planning and coordination of investments.
Finally, the Department of Health should continue to build
on its comprehensive reform agenda, which is focused on
creating incentives for the local government unit's
health sector performance and strengthening systems of local
accountability for the province-wide health system.
