Assessment of the Challenge and Opportunities of Preparation and Utilization of Program Budget in Case of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopian Government House of People Representative

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2017-06

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Addis Ababa University

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Globally, Budget is central to realize national development, goals and programs In the case of Ethiopian budget classification system were assigned to public bodies and their respective departments make division for their effective use of devolution. the annual report of finance department shows the existence of inefficiencies in budget preparation and utilization , that may hinder the preparation and utilization of budgeting in the HPR. Thus, the general objective of the study is to assess the challenge and opportunities of budget preparation and utilization in case of HPR, both qualitative and quantitative methods and descriptive data presentation were done. The data were entered into a computer using to SPSS for Windows version 21.0 version for analysis. The result of the study demonstrate that there was no accountability in budget utilization, lack of attention in program budget preparation and estimation,. lack of adequate and experience program budget experts and deficiency of staff training ,lack follow up monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and absence of computerized information technology system in the institution Therefore, in order to improve budget preparation and utilization in HPR, it calls for assign skilled human power, conduct training for staff members, continuous and strong follow up by leaders should be conducted and software access to information technology of computer networking system remedial actions in the subsequent years. Keywords: program budgeting system, House of People Representative, program budget planning department

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House of People representative, program budget planning department, program budgeting system

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