1. Public Expenditure Tracking
Report 2010-12
PRESENTED AT:
T H E M O L E X X I I I C O N F E R E N C E 2 2 ND - 2 4 TH
AUGUST 2012
BY: HAWA NIBI AMENGA-ETEGO
GRASSROOTSAFRICA
Supported by:
WATER AID IN GHANA
2. Outline of the presentation
Background the budget tracking project
Aim of the project
Overview of the findings of the last 3 years
Issues of Disbursement and Absorptive Capacity
Changes Faced over the 3 years
Conclusion
3. Background-1
Started in 2009 as a pilot
- Level: National (tracking national budget allocation to the WASH
sector
- Budget Component: Government of Ghana component
- Institutional Coverage: MWRWH, GWCL and CWSA
- Scope: track GOG allocation and disbursement for services and
investment
2010-2011 the coverage was extended to include
- MWRWH and all its water agencies (GWCL, CWSA, WRC), and
MLGRD and its sanitation agency (EHSD) and SHEP under GES
- Scope: Overall budget allocation to the WASH sector Ministries
- A comparison of this allocation to MOE and MOH.
- Check the percentages of the approved WASH sector ministerial
budgets against total national budget
- Percentage of GOG contribution and Donor contribution
- Actual receipts against budgetary allocations
- Issues of absorptive capacity as well as
- Problems associated with the disbursement process
4. Aim of the project
To advocate for increased funding for investment
and services and particularly the GOG component of
the WASH funding using the findings of the budget
tracking and
To monitor GOG commitments made to the WASH
sector
5. Overview of the Findings
1. 2009 findings
GOG Budget Allocations for Services and Investments
MINISTRY/AGENCY SERVICE S GHC ‘000’ INVESTMENTS GHC
‘000’
GWCL 6,319 1,342,277
CWSA 30,533 30,231,134
MWRWH 302,033 57,175,184*
Disbursements from the MOFEP for the period 1st January to 30th
September, 2009 were as follows:
GWCL 5,206 (80%) 7,312,499 **
(GOG127,116)
CWSA 7,633 (25%) 3,029,978.54(10%)
MWRWH 182,044 11,999,115.07
* Includes HIPC funds of GHc19.5mn
**Total disbursement to GWCL for Investments includes GHC 7,185,383.00 from
the HIPC funds.
6. 2. 2010 & 2011 Findings:
Grand Total Allocation and % of the Total National Budget to
the WASH sector against that of MOE & MOH
2010
Ministry G.Total to Sector Total National Budget % of Total National
Budget
GHȼ GHȼ
MWRWH 178mn 6,5bn 2.70%
MLGRD 233mn 3.55%
MOE 1,7bn 26.26%
MOH 726mn 11.03%
2011
MWRWH 558,6mn 7,9bn 7.0%
MLGRD 241,3mn 3.0%
MOE 1,6bn 20%
MOH 987,4mn 12.4%
7. 2010 & 2011 Findings continued
Overview of the %age of total GOG and total Donor
allocation to the four sectors in GHcm
2010
Ministry Total GOG Total Donor Grand % of Total % of Total
Total to GOG to Donor to
Sector Sector Sector
MWRWH 23mn 138mn 178mn 13% 78%
MLGRD 76mn 88mn 233mn 32.65% 37.85
MOE 1.2bn 89mn 1.7bn 73% 5.15%
MOH 400mn 110mn 726mn 55% 15.16%
2011
MWRWH 16,6mn 529mn 558mn 2.97% 94.8%
MLGRD 77,1mn 88mn 241mn 31.97% 36.6%
MOE 1,4bn 89mn 1,6bn 92.17% 5.5%
MOH 406mn 219mn 987mn 41.18% 22.22%
8. 2010 & 2011 Findings continued
Total allocations for WASH Agencies 2010-2011 in
GHc
2010
Sector Agency Total GOG Total IGF Total Donor Grand Total to
Agency
GWCL 2,048,531 0 69,346,510 71,395,041
CWSA 6,681,573 0 42,549,862 49,231,435
WRC 382,718 30,522 0 413,240
EHSD 1,565,259 0 0 1,565,259
2011
GWCL 1,028,369 0 223,248,500 224,276,869
CWSA 4,774,065 0 32,608,756 37,382,821
WRC 283,585 651,108 652,500 1,587,193
EHSD 5,613,137 0 0 5,613,137
9. Details of GOG allocation and Disbursement for 2010 in GHc
Ministry/Agency P.E ADMIN SERVICES INVESTMENT TOTAL
ALLOCATED
MWRWH 8,478,339 984,524 342,807 13,336,000 23,141,670
MLGRD 72,748,751 660,918 561,308 2,389,040 76,360,018
CWSA 2,281,463 562,190 34,655 3,803,265 6,681,573
GWCL - - 7,172 2,041,359 1,565,259
WRC 153,076 16,751 8,755 204,136 382,718
EHSD 1,397,225 32,877 35,157 100,000 1,565,259
Disbursement
MWRWH 13,157,397.42 1,070,856.92 164,988.03 27,733,428.69 42,126,671.06
MLGRD No Data same same Same same
CWSA 1,301,506.18 562,623.56 17,328 318,101 2,199,558.74
GWCL - - 13,762 5,509,013.04 5,522,775.04
WRC 283,301.85 19,362.59 2,188.48 42,949.39 347,802.31
EHSD 721,922 55,541 16,165 85,507 879,135
10. Details of GOG allocation and Disbursement for 2011
in GHc
Sector P.E Admin Services Investme Total
Agency nt Allocation
CWSA 2,349,906 485,372 37,154 1,901,633 4,774,065
GWCL - - 7,689 1,020,680 1,028,36
WRC 157,668 14,462 9,386 102,068 283,585
EHSD 5,506,365 32,877 23,895 50,000 5,613,137
238,039 allocated
from SIP*
Disbursement
CWSA
2,877,951 468,837 - 544,459 3,891,247
GWCL
No data No data No data No data No data
WRC
- - 994, 827 139,772** 1,134,599
EHSD
- - 10,500 3,952
*The additional SIP allocation of 238,039 to EHSD was all received
** includes donor component for investment
11. Issues of Disbursements and Absorptive Capacity
1. Disbursements:
The major problem with GOG disbursements that is recurrent
in the 3 years tracking has been DELAY which makes it
difficult for the sector agencies to carry out their mandate
efficiently.
2. Absorptive Capacity:
All the officers we interviewed at the sector agencies denied
having problem with absorption.
-CWSA however, indicated that the DA’s are not able to
absorb all the allocations due to the delays in awarding
contracts- caused by Cumbersome Procurement procedures
12. Challenges over the 3 years-1
Our major challenge has been accessing information
- It has been extremely tiring trying to get budget officers to give
out information
- Some have continued to support us but others for reasons
unknown to us have not been supporting. For instance for 2011
GWCL was not forthcoming and so we could not obtain
disbursement information for that year.
Another challenge has been funding
Water Aid in Ghana has supported this initiative for the past 3
years and we commend them for their commitment and
support to this project. Nevertheless we still need to leverage
some additional funding to sustain this project and to increase
momentum and impact.
13. Challenges-2
The Last challenge which applies only to the 2011
tracking has been the long absence of the project
manager- who went for studies and this had an
overall impact on delay and the outcome of project.
But hopefully 2012 will see improvement and
renewed momentum in the project.
14. Conclusion
Generally, allocations to the WASH sectors increased significantly in 2011,
it still goes without saying that the GOG component funding keeps reducing
Further whiles the Donor component keeps increasing.
Though, the donor component includes loans contracted by GOG and could be
considered as GOG funding and perhaps the increase could be due to increased
loans contracted and/or increased grants in order to fulfil SWA commitments.
This is commendable because it shows that government is committed to
redeeming the commitments it made
BUT
Considering increasing global fears that the next world wars could occur over
water, we are of the view the reverse should be happening i.e. gradually
increasing GOG allocation from tax and non-tax based (e.g. trade receipts)
revenue and reducing the over-reliance on donors (loans & Grants) to finance the
Sector. This will be KEY not just to guarantee the rights of citizens to access these
basic needs of life but also security and total sovereignty as a nation.
