tem; development and introduction of expenditure control system
Ministry of Finance
Assistance to the MOF to improve its cash and debt management capacity and skills
Consolidation of effective control system, and adoption of a single treasury account
CPAR Updates, Public Expenditure Reviews, PRSC in High Case
IMF
Improved cash management and debt management ca-pacity
В· Improve government procurement system and expand scope of its coverage
State Procurement Department, Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade
Establishment of a transparent state procurement system; decentralization of State procurement functions to line agencies
Greater efficiency and competition within the system; reduced delays and corruption in procurement process
CPAR, Public Expenditure Reviews, PRSC, project lending (eg Secondary Roads and Trade and Transport Facilitation)
Recommendations of Country Portfolio Assessment Report implemented
В· Gradual increase of the share of targeted programs in the state budget
Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade
Develop program-based budgeting
Improve consistency between medium-term indicative plan and the budget /Td>
Public Expenditure Reviews, Public Sector Management Credit, PRSC in High Case
DFID
Public Expenditure Reviews assessment of better targeting of programs in the budget
В· Inventory of budgetary arrears
Ministry of Finance
Establish accurate estimates of past government liabilities
Better information on, and reduction in, arrears
CFAA Up-dates, Public Expenditure Reviews
IMF
Reduced arrears
В· Increase the number of participants in treasury bill market and improve bidding mechanisms to increase maturity and reduce the discount rate through market
Ministry of Finance, National Bank, National Commission of Securities
More competitive and efficient T-bill market
Short term: more participants for competitive bidding, and for non-competitive quota; medium term: cash managemen...
