Republic of Iraq Public Expenditure Review

Toward More Efficient Spending for Better Service Delivery

World Bank Group

• Publisher: World Bank
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781464802942
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Public Finance
• Index: Economics

The report is organized as follows. Chapter one sets out the strategic context for Iraq, including the evolving political situation, macroeconomic context, and poverty and social conditions. Chapter two analyzes the trends in, and composition of, public expenditure, both from economic and functional perspectives. This chapter discusses the efficiency of public expenditure in Iraq (that is, through benchmarking as well as direct output comparisons) and identifies, on the basis of analysis, key sectors for further in-depth assessment for the second phase. It also looks at revenue management issues drawing on the Country Economic Memorandum (CEM). Chapter three examines strategic prioritization and budget execution issues in Iraq. In particular, it reviews the national development priorities, as articulated in the National Development Plan (NDP) and poverty reduction strategy (PRS), and examines the strategic orientation of public expenditures, that is, to what extent public expenditure priorities relate to Iraq s development plan. This chapter also focuses on public investment in Iraq, analyzes key issues against efficient and effective use of investment budget, and proposes actions for an effective Public Investment Management (PIM) system. Chapter four analyzes efficiency of public spending in electricity sector and discusses public service delivery issues while chapter five focuses on efficiency and equity issues in public expenditure on health.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Executive Summary
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Strategic Context
• Chapter 2 Redirecting Government Expenditure
• Chapter 3 From Strategy to Execution
• Chapter 4 Case Study #1: Electricity
• Chapter 5 Case Study #2: Health
• Appendix A Macroeconomic Outlook
• Appendix B Recurrent and Capital Spending by Administrative Classification, 2005–11
• Appendix C Compensation for Employees by Administrative Classification
• Appendix D Employment by Ministries and Centrally Funded Departments, 2012
• Appendix E The Iraqi Budget Process
• Appendix F Iraq: Strategic Planning Process
• Appendix G Investment Budget: Advances and Hard Commitments
• Appendix H Total Costs and Annual Appropriations for Transport Projects
• Appendix I Estimated Duration of Issuance, Payment, and Clearance of Letters of Credit
• Appendix J Diagnostic Questions for Evaluating Public Investment Efficiency
• Appendix K The Population Pyramids: 1990, 2020, and 2030
• Appendix L Iraq Infant and Child Health Indicators
• Appendix M Iraq Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases
• Appendix N Maternal, Child, and Reproductive Health Care Services
• Appendix O Health Workforce and Resources
• Appendix P Iraq Health Spending and Comparators
• Appendix Q Terms of Reference for the Proposed Health Public Expenditure Review
• Bibliography
• Box
• Figures
• Tables
• Back Cover