General Budget Support in Tanzania

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze late disbursements for service delivery by focusing on donors’ General Budget Support disbursement to Tanzania and on the intergovernmental money flows in Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach The authors examined empirical analysis using statistics of intergovernmental transfers in Tanzania. Findings This paper shows that such center-local transfers are significantly correlated with the timing of local government expenditures in general and health expenditures in particular. It also shows that development expenditures are more affected than recurrent expenditures by delays in the transfer. Practical implications In order to improve service delivery on the ground, the transfers from donors to the central government and from the central government to local governments need to be timely. Originality/value The authors examined empirical analysis using statistics of intergovernmental transfers in Tanzania so as to see whether timing of transfers matters or not, which has not been considered thus far.

An evaluation of funding challenges in the Malawian public healthcare delivery sector

“…Despite an observed trend of increased healthcare expenditure over the years (Chu, Kwon & Cowley 2019), healthcare funding is still limited and inadequate (Boachie et al 2018;Islam, Akhter & Islam 2018;Kiross et al 2020). In addition, funding for healthcare delivery has been reportedly late (Furukawa & Takahata 2018). The limited and late funding tends to force health facilities to compromise the quality of healthcare.…”

“…This state of affairs consequently affects health programmes supported by external funding. Furthermore, Furukawa and Takahata (2018) point out that donor funding has been associated with uncertainty in the availability of funding, which is detrimental to service delivery. In addition to the aforesaid, Kirabo-Nagemi and Mwesigwa (2020) suggest that donors influence decisions on the determination of preferred healthcare activities, despite government's involvement in policy making.…”