The Public Expenditure Review Lens Analysis of Individual Programs

2 The Public Expenditure Review Lens Analysis of Individual Programs 

A public expenditure review should assess how well a selection of the most important programs is working and provide guidance on any necessary or contemplated reforms. Such analysis should usually cover elements within each of the following areas  

The main issue concerning the benefit level is to determine the adequacy of the transfer in helping program beneficiaries fulfill their basic needs. Several benchmarks can be used to measure the adequacy of benefits depending on the type of transfer and its objectives. The amount of cash or the value of an in-kind transfer could be compared with the income gap between the beneficiary s income level and the poverty line. Similarly, a feeding intervention may assess the nutritional supplement it provides against the nutritional deficit 

FOR PROTECTION AND PROMOWN THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTARON OF EFFECTIVE SAFETY NETS 

Good programs are cost-effective they improve the livelihood of participants using the least amount of resources. As discussed in chapter 6, section 4, a cost-effectiveness ratio (or cost-benefit ratio when outcomes can be expressed in monetary terms) can be estimated for a program as a whole or for different parts of a program s production function. This subsection illustrates the usefulness of these indicators and examines the related issue of whether a program has sufficient resources to fulfill all its functions. 

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