Without thoughtful and implementable recommendations grounded in evidence, even the best studies can end up stuck on a shelf.  In this presentation Lineth Oyugi, of the Federation of Kenya Employers, presents a case study from her experience in Kenya, that contains strategies for forming clear, practical recommendations based on study findings.

In this series of presentations Zerubabel Ojoo, of Management Systems and Economic Consultants, Ltd, and Lineth Oyugi, of the Federation of Kenya Employers, discuss technical steps and considerations for implementing a Public Expenditure Tracking Survey, including translating research questions to survey questions, deciding who to survey, mapping resource flows, and cleaning and analyzing data.

A critical component of conducting a survey is sampling.  In this series of presentations Dr. Khangelani Zuma, Research Director and Head of Biostatistics at the Human Sciences Research Council, and Dr. Seni Kouanda of Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), discuss various sampling strategies and methods for designing a valid sample for small scale research studies.

Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS) and Quantitative Service Delivery Surveys (QSDS) are two diagnostic tools used to identify inefficiencies in public service delivery.  PETS trace the flow of public resources (funds, human and in-kind) from original to the destination and determine the location and scale of anomaly, and QSDS survey the efficiency of service provision.  In this presentation Delius Asiimwe, of the Kabano Research and Development Centre, discusses both methodologies, including similarities and differences between the two, the types of questions each can answ

Following the introduction in 2009 of the Nine Year Basic Education Program (9YBE), which offers nine years of education to all Rwandan children free of charge, the Government of Rwanda has recently made available a capitation grant to the country’s schools for their operations. To ensure the transparent and accountable management of the capitation grant, independent monitoring is essential.

It is estimated that 16 women die every day of pregnancy-related causes in Uganda.  The Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) believes that part of the reason is poor resource allocation in Uganda's public health programs.  In this study FOWODE will track the flow of resources intended for Government funded safe motherhood programs to identify how efficiently resources are used, if there is any leakage, and develop recommendations to improve how funds are used and ensure equal access to these services.

Recognizing that there are large discrepancies in the level of access to textbooks and other instructional materials in Ghana, the Ghana Center for Democratic Development will be carrying out a PETS to track the dispursement of instructional materials from the National Government down to public primary schools, identify any leakages and their impacts, and develop recommendations to make the system more efficient. 

Expenditure tracking of public fund utilization is widely accepted and recognized concept and practice in global perspective for identifying inefficiencies, leakages, transparency in procedures, better planning that is linked with needs and performance and to develop citizen’s right to know. So many challenges are deeply incorporated with expenditure tracking, but opportunities are always endless. Challenges are naturally deepest where this is yet to be conducted earlier.

Pakistan has expressed its commitment for achieving the Education for All (EFA) goals, yet according to a report from the Asian Development Bank, Pakistan’s Net Enrollment Rate, adult literacy rate, and the EFA Development Index are the lowest in the region. This poor performance is largely attributed to incoherent planning: poor education management and insufficient budgetary allocations and spending at all tiers of government.

The School Nutrition Programme (SNP) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa has been plagued with service delivery problems since its inception in 1996. These problems have ranged from gross mismanagement to corruption, and resulted in the program collapsing in 2006, to be formally re-launched in July 2008.