An Assessment of Budget Preparation and Utilization In Public Sector the Case of Afar National Regional States Finance and Economic Development Bureau
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gebrehiwot, Firehiwot (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kidanu, Tekliye | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-17T08:04:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T10:18:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-17T08:04:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T10:18:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main problems and controversial issues related with government budget are reflected in the budgeting processes, particularly during budget preparation and implementation stages. To the best of the researcher’s knowledge, there is no document that reports a study on the probable causes that may hinder the preparation and utilization of budgeting in the Afar National Regional States Government. This is a major motivation to carry out this study. Thus, the general objective of the research paper is to assess the budget preparation and utilization of the Finance and Economic Development Bureau of the region and the study was designed to assess methods and processes of budget preparation in Afar National Regional State of selected Bureaus, to examine effectiveness and efficiency of budget utilization and to assess budget managing, monitoring and control system and to investigate challenges that has been facing during budget preparation and utilization. Three out of eleven main bureaus were taken and four key informants were selected from each bureau with a total of 40 respondents and in addition, six budget experts were also included in collecting primary data through structured questionnaire. More of the qualitative analyses demonstrated that there was no accountability in budget utilization and Lack of adequate and experienced budget experts was other issue that contributes to worsen the problems and also there is no evidence based evaluation mechanisms in the budget utilization at all Bureau under BOFED. Therefore, in order to improve budget preparation and utilization in Afar National Regional States Finance and Economic Development Bureau, it calls for taking any possible and remedial actions in the subsequent years. The study has been applied mixed research methods and used simple statistical tool to present, interpret and analyze collected data. Keyword: - budget preparation, budget utilization and budget | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/8977 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Budget preparation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Budget utilization and budget | en_US |
| dc.title | An Assessment of Budget Preparation and Utilization In Public Sector the Case of Afar National Regional States Finance and Economic Development Bureau | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |