Effectiveness of public finance management frameworks : reforms in Uganda

Joint Authors

Gumisiriza, Pius
Mukasa, Joseph

Source

Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center Journal

Issue

Vol. 2022, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2022), pp.1-7, 7 p.

Publisher

Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press

Publication Date

2022-06-30

Country of Publication

Qatar

No. of Pages

7

Main Subjects

Financial and Accounting Sciences

Abstract EN

In the last three decades, the Government of Uganda has put in place frameworks and executed reforms aimed at establishing an effective and participatory public finance management (PFM) system.

This article examines the successes and failures of these reforms/frameworks.

The main findings of this article are twofold.

On the one hand, decent success in civil society and elite stakeholders’ participation in budgetary processes, fiscal discipline, allocative and operational efficiency, and budget transparency have been achieved using the adopted PFM frameworks.

On the other hand, there is ineffective local citizen participation in PFM processes, misallocation of public funds, a bloated administrative and legislative structure, excessive borrowing, poor absorption of borrowed funds, corruption and the impact of Covid-19 pandemic are eroding the initial success of PFM reforms in Uganda.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Gumisiriza, Pius& Mukasa, Joseph. 2022. Effectiveness of public finance management frameworks : reforms in Uganda. Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center Journal،Vol. 2022, no. 1, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1420852

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Gumisiriza, Pius& Mukasa, Joseph. Effectiveness of public finance management frameworks : reforms in Uganda. Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center Journal No. 1 (2022), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1420852

American Medical Association (AMA)

Gumisiriza, Pius& Mukasa, Joseph. Effectiveness of public finance management frameworks : reforms in Uganda. Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center Journal. 2022. Vol. 2022, no. 1, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1420852

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes margin notes.

Record ID

BIM-1420852