Publication

This study provides an outline of the institutional framework of the budget system in Burkina Faso and makes a detailed presentation of the way in which budget performance indicators are defined, used and monitored. Following this, the authors analyze the factors limiting and constraining the Results-oriented Public Expenditure Management reform that has been implemented. The authors recommend greater delegation of financial responsibility, involvement of civil society, and note that it would be perfectly reasonable for the government to hold the international community to account for its share of the blame for current shortcomings.