“…One prominent public financial reform that has been advocated by donors as a best practice (and aid condition) for developing countries to strengthen their public financial management systems over the past few decades is the implementation of medium-term expenditure frameworks (MTEF) (Boex et al, 2000;Filc and Scartascini, 2010;World-Bank, 2012;Sherwood, 2015;Hopper et al, 2017;Schiavo-Campo, 2009;Raudla et al, 2022;Mkasiwa, 2022). MTEF outline government spending over a period of three to five years (Pearson, 2002), and its main goals are to increase the fiscal policymaking horizon of governments, ceiling annual budgets, reducing the emphasis on short-term objectives, and promoting efficient resource allocation over time (Raudla et al, 2022;Fakharzadeh, 2016;Schick, 2009).…”