Title:
Evaluation of the Public Expenditure Management and Financial Accountability (PEMFA) Programme, Zambia
Evaluation of the Public Expenditure Management and Financial Accountability (PEMFA) Programme, Zambia
Start Date:
February 2010
February 2010
Completion Date:
November 2011
November 2011
Client(s):
Swedish International Development Agency(SIDA)
Swedish International Development Agency(SIDA)
Funder(s):
Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)
Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)
Location:
Zambia, Eastern Africa,
Zambia, Eastern Africa,
Key Contact:
Ed Humphrey
Ed Humphrey
Summary:
The Public Expenditure Management and Financial Accountability (PEMFA) programme has been a wide ranging and ambitious programme of public finance management (PFM) reform, originally intended to cover a five-year period but subsequently extended to six years, with a total budget over this period currently estimated at around US$74 million. The PEMFA reform components include outputs and activities that link to all six stages of the public expenditure management (PEM) cycle . The PEMFA reforms, however, represent just one of the three pillars of the Public Sector Reform Programme (PSRP).
The main objective of this evaluation was to assess and report on the performance, outcomes and impacts of PEMFA in relation to the programme’s purpose and objectives. The evaluation will also provide lessons and recommendations for the next stage of the reform programme.
This being the end of programme evaluation for PEMFA, the evaluation will focus on assessing the extent to which the programme efficiently utilised the inputs to achieve the intended outputs and desired outcomes. The evaluation will also examine the extent to which the established structures of the PEMFA Programme (through their mandate, composition, size and work processes) were efficient and effective in delivering on programme outputs, outcomes and impacts.
The main objective of this evaluation was to assess and report on the performance, outcomes and impacts of PEMFA in relation to the programme’s purpose and objectives. The evaluation will also provide lessons and recommendations for the next stage of the reform programme.
This being the end of programme evaluation for PEMFA, the evaluation will focus on assessing the extent to which the programme efficiently utilised the inputs to achieve the intended outputs and desired outcomes. The evaluation will also examine the extent to which the established structures of the PEMFA Programme (through their mandate, composition, size and work processes) were efficient and effective in delivering on programme outputs, outcomes and impacts.