Day One - 13 December 2007
Session 1: Legacy systems and legal framework practice in the Francophone and Anglophone traditions
1. Budgetary systems and multi-annual budgeting practices in francophone countries
Halidou Ouedraogo, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Burkina Faso
2. Budget legacy systems and legislative framework in Kenya
Kubai Khasiani, Ministry of Finance, Kenya
Ian Lienert, IMF (Discussant)
Session 2: Mobilising of domestic revenues
| Parallel Session 1: Tax policy and administration 1. Tax policy and administration: case of Uganda Kenneth Mugambe, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic development, Uganda 2. Revenue administration reforms: recent trends and developments Andrew Okello, IMF East-AFRITAC |
Parallel Session 2: Solving medium-term fiscal policy puzzles 1. Fiscal policy choices in a post-conflict environment Frances Cossar and Christophe Nsengiyaremye, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda 2. The effects of different fiscal policies on the economy of Malawi Dorothy Banda, Ministry of Finance, Malawi |
Day Two - 14 December 2007
Session 3: Addressing incrementalism and expenditure rigidities
| Parallel Session 1: Capital budgeting 1. Capital Budgeting in South Africa Kuben Naidoo, National Treasury, South Africa 2. Capital budgeting in Botswana Moeti Ekenyane, Ministry of Finance, Botswana |
Parallel Session 2: Interrogating baselines and setting expenditure ceilings |
Session 4: Putting Aid On Budget
1. Overview and Literature Review
Stephen Lister, Mokoro Ltd
2. Comparison of two country case studies - Mali and Rwanda
Alta Folscher, Mokoro Ltd
3. Findings and recommendations
Stephen Lister, Mokoro Ltd
The Putting Aid On Budget study outputs, including the good practice note, synthesis report and country case studies, are available for download here.
Day 3 - 15 December 2007
Session 5: CABRI/OECD Budget Survey
1. CABRI/OECD Budget Practices and Procedures Survey
Paolo de Renzio, LSE
2. Results of the 2007 survey on budget practices and procedures in OECD countries
Ian Hawkesworth, OECD
The CABRI/OECD Budget Practices and Procedures survey and related material is available for download here.
Synopsis of the 4th Annual CABRI Seminar on the International Monetary Fund's Public Finance Management Blog, "Making Public Money Count". Ian Lienert, a senior economist at the IMF who attended the seminar, gives an overview of each session. The blog article can be viewed here.