Public Finance Analysis and Management Course

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Public Finance Analysis and Management Course
Tales from Task Managers

• Stephen Mink
• Lead Economist, AFTSD
• April 26, 2007

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• Context for Agric Rural Development PERs
• Country Dynamics Differ
• Mode of Work
• Selected Issues

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Context for Agric and Rural Development PERs

• Agricultures budget share is comparatively small
• Multiple ministries to engage
• Administrative/fiscal decentralization
• National level public goods
• Flying with a minimal instrument panel

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Country Dynamics Differ EAP Case

• China growing urban-rural welfare disparities -gt
  agricultural tax/fee reform-gt intergovernmental
  transfer mechanisms
• Indonesia govt change (98) -gt more activitist
  Parliament with corruption concerns -gt by-pass
  public procurement channels -gt public resource
  flows more directly to rural producer groups
• Mongolia democratization (90), with maintenance
  of large subsidy funds that benefit private
  profit-oriented rural production activities
  public goods short of resources.
• Vietnam rapid decentralization of fiscal
  authority

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Mode of Work

• Scope of sector
• PREM-Led c/w Sector Stand-Alone PER Work
• Engaging the Client Ministry/s
• Work Sequentially (if a multi-year effort is
  possible)
• Sub-National Perspective
• Mobilizing the WB Team

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Selected Issues

• Impact Evaluation
• Irrigation
• Revenue Side
• Recurrent/Capital