""Contents""; ""ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS""; ""PREFACE""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""I. DIAGNOSIS OF THE PEM PROBLEMS IN PRIMARILY ANGLOPHONE AFRICAN COUNTRIES""; ""II. OVERVIEW OF PAST TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE""; ""III. EVALUATION OF PEM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE""; ""IV. PLANNING AND MANAGING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DELIVERY""; ""V. SUMMARY OF A REFORMULATED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE STRATEGY""
Summary
This report focuses on IMF Technical Assistance Evaluation-Public Expenditure Management (PEM) Reform in Selected African Countries. Most of the countries examined were colonies of the United Kingdom, inheriting similar and relatively simple budget systems based on an interpretation of the "Westminster model" around the time of independence. Country reviews suggest that PEM problems are widespread and that there are few areas in the PEM systems of the countries covered that do not require strengthening in some way
