theuseofpetsandqsds--ritvareinikka-worldbank.pptVIP

Measurement Matters:The Use of PETS and QSDS Public Expenditure Analysis and Management CourseRitva Reinikka Development Research Group DEC Public Services Research Team January 13, 2004 Similar changes in public spending can be associated with vastly different changes in outcomes and vastly different changes in spending can be associated with similar changes in outcomes. Unit cost and performance in primary education: Mauritania Expenditure incidence tends to favor the better-off even in health and education Short and long routes of accountabilityin service delivery The relationship of accountabilityhas five features Why do we need new tools? Limited impact of public spending on growth and human development – to answer why? New demands for evidence on efficiency of spending and performance in service delivery Lack of reliable data on finance and performance: obtain them from sample survey ? PETS and QSDS New approaches in aid delivery Move towards budget support e.g., PRSC Related fiduciary and accountability concerns Public expenditure tracking surveys PETS Diagnostic and monitoring tool to understand problems in budget execution delays / predictability leakage / capture discretion in allocation of resources Data collected from different levels of government, including service delivery units Data from record reviews and interviews Variation in design depending on perceived problems, country, and sector Quantitative service delivery surveys QSDS Focus on frontline service providing unit, e.g. health facilities and schools Inspired by multi-purpose micro-level household and firm surveys Resource flows financial and in-kind Availability/adequacy of inputs Service outputs and efficiency Quality of service Focus on costs, dimensions of performance in service delivery, ownership categories Hybrid approaches Link facility surveys with surveys of administrative levels “upstream” public officials; PETS Why different performance in the same system? Link facility