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National course on PETS: Kampala, March 2009 - Uganda

A national course on “Public expenditure tracking surveys (PETS)” was organised jointly by the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO) and the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), from 09 to 13 March 2009 in Kampala. This...

Uganda. Education Policy Research Centre, IIEP-UNESCO

Paris, IIEP, 2009
Our money, our responsibility: a citizens' guide to monitoring government expenditures

This Guide reflects the growing focus of civil society organizations on monitoring the results achieved by government expenditures. It offers an overview of government budget implementation, including budget execution, procurement, impact measurement...

Ramkumar, Vivek

Washington, D.C., The International Budget Project, 2008
Public expenditure tracking of secondary education bursary fund in Nairobi Province, Kenya

The secondary schools bursary scheme was introduced by the Government in the 1993/1994 financial year to enhance access, ensure retention, and reduce disparities and inequalities in the provision of secondary school education. In particular, the...

Oyugi, Lineth N., Riechi, Andrew R., Anupi, Evelyn

Nairobi, IPAR, 2008
Follow the money

This toolkit follows the transfer of public funds from central to local governments until they reach users such as schools and clinics. It explains how a public expenditure tracking system operates and how it can benefit marginalized groups. With...

Hakikazi Catalyst, REPOA, TGNP

Tanzania, LGWG, 2008
Civil society engagement in education budgets: a report documenting Commonwealth Education Fund experience

This report documents CEF experience, illustrating how civil society can engage in the budget process through budget analysis; tracking disbursement flows through the education system; monitoring expenditure; and lobbying to influence budget...

Perry, Victoria

London, CEF, 2008
Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys: lessons from Tanzania

Whereas the successful application of PETS in Uganda has received and continues to receive a lot of attention, less has been written about the experiences of PETS elsewhere. The Tanzanian experience clearly shows that PETS is not a silver bullet as...

Sundet, Geir

2007
Methodological approaches to the study of institutions and service delivery: a review of PETS, QSDS and CRCS

Achieving Millennium Development Goals in Africa requires a quantum leap in access to and quality of services. To this end, better diagnosis and understanding of both failures and successes in service delivery is crucial. In this paper, we review...

Gauthier, Bernard, Reinikka, Ritva

2007
Putting the power of transparency in context: information's role in reducing corruption in Uganda's education sector

One popular story told (and taught) is how corruption was slashed in Uganda simply by publicly disclosing the amount of monthly grants to schools by informing the public of how much money was supposed to go where, the government was less able to...

Hubbard, Paul

Washington D.C., Center for Global Development, 2007
Ending corruption in education in Sierra Leone

25.06.2006 Sierra Leone

Press

Max Katta - CARL

Sierra Leonean civil society activists are working to improve accountability. The National Accountability Group (NAG) – the local chapter of Transparency International – used a Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) to find out what had happened to school fee subsidies and learning materials designated for a sample of 28 schools in a rural district. NAG's survey came after an earlier Ministry of Finance PETS revealed startling figures about education corruption. In 2002 researchers found that 45.1 percent of the funds for school fees subsidies were unaccounted for and that nearly 28 percent of teaching and learning materials had disappeared.
Sub-regional course on PETS: May 2006 - Accra - Ghana, Nigeria

A sub-regional course on “Public expenditure tracking surveys (PETS) in education” was organised jointly by the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) and the World Bank Institute (WBI), from 22 to 26 March 2006 in Accra. This course...

World Bank Institute

Paris, IIEP, 2006

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