Public expenditure tracking and facility surveys: a general note on methodology

Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS) are quantitative exercises that trace the flow of resources from origin to destination and determine the location and scale of anomaly. This note by World Bank gives a summary of the steps involved in such a survey which covers the following areas: Identification of scope, purpose and actors, Design of questionnaires, Sampling, Execution of survey, Data analysis, dissemination and Institutionalization.