| Table of Contents |
| 1. |
Introduction |
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1.1. Budget and Finance Committee Members and Terms of Reference |
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1.2. Purpose and Scope of the Report |
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1.3. Work Undertaken by the Committee to Date |
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1.4. Acknowledgements |
| 2. |
The Budget |
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2.1. The Budget as a Tool for Poverty Reduction |
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2.2. The Role of Parliament and the Public in the Budget Process |
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2.3. Broadening Ownership of Budget Oversight within Parliament |
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2.4. Designating Priority Poverty Expenditures |
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2.5. The Budget Format |
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2.6. Monitoring the Budget and Tracking Results |
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2.7. Protecting Priority Poverty Expenditures |
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Donor Debt Relief as a Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) |
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3.1. The HIPC Process and the Amount of Debt Relief |
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3.2. Managing HIPC Funds |
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The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) |
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4.1. Important Features of the PRSP |
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4.2. The PRSP Process to Date |
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Poverty Analysis |
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5.1. The Extent of Poverty |
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5.2. Who and Where Are the Poor |
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5.3. The Educational Status of the Poor |
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5.4. The Health Status of the Poor |
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5.5. Economic Characteristics of the Poor |
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5.6. Agriculture and the Poor |
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5.7. Helping the Poor |
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Agriculture |
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6.1. Spending for Agriculture |
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6.2. Allocation of Resources within the Agriculture Budget |
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6.3. Extension Services |
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6.4. Access to Credit |
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6.5. Targeted Inputs Programme (TIP) |
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Education |
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7.1. Primary Education |
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7.2. Teacher Training |
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7.3. Conditions of Service for Teachers |
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7.4. Teaching and Learning Materials |
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Health |
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8.1. Primary Health Care |
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8.2. Training Front-Line Health Care Professionals |
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8.3. Conditions of Service for Front-Line Health Care Professionals |
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8.4. Drugs and Medical Supplies |
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Infrastructure |
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9.1. Rural Roads |
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9.2. Safe Drinking Water |
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Security |
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10.1. Police Service and Community Policing |
| 11. |
Macroeconomic Review |
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11.1. Economic Outlook |
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11.2. Inflation |
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11.3. Monetary Policy |
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11.4. Interest Rates |
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11.5. Fiscal Policy |
| 12. |
The Private Sector |
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12.1. The Surtax |
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Conclusion |
| 14. |
Recommendations |
| 15. |
Annexes |
| A. |
Consultants and Technical Advisers |
| B. |
Members from Other Committees Who Participated in Budget and Finance Committee Meetings |
| C. |
Government Spokespersons Consulted by the Committee |
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Civic Organisations Consulted by the Committee |
| E. |
Table 4, Indicative Use of HIPC Resources: 2000/01-2002/03,
and Box 2, Policy Areas to be Monitored for the Floating
Completion Point, Excerpts from World Bank’s HIPC
Decision Point Document
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Bibliography |
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