Assessment Of Public Budget Allocation And Utilization In Addis Ababa City Administration
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2020-05
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research paper was conducted on assessment of public budget allocation and utilization in (selected public sectors) in the case of Addis Ababa City Administration. It addresses the five research questions designed to assess budget allocation and utilization of Addis Ababa city administration public sectors. For this paper the researcher used both primary and secondary data sources, but mainly emphases on primary sources of data in which relevant information could be obtained by conducting structured questionnaires and unstructured interviews. The overall objectives of the study were to assess budget allocation and utilization process in the case of Addis Ababa city administration. Particularly the study tried to scrutinise first, how Addis Ababa city administration allocate budget, second, budget approval stage, third, to identify the linkage between public sectors annual plan and budget allocation ,fourth, to identify the level of transparency in budget allocation process and availability of clear and timely budgeting information in Addis Ababa city administration. Thus, questionnaires are prepared for a total of 150 respondents including 3 budget heads, of selected public sectors and for budget processors, budget planning and experts, budget auditors, budget committee. Secondary data was collected from annual reports of Addis Ababa city administration finance office, budgeting manuals and procedures of ministry of finance and urban finance and development office of city administration and audit report of public sectors. Finally the researcher recommended that, budget allocation and utilization process in Addis Ababa city administration should be resolved and potential solutions that overcome the problems during public budget preparation allocation and utilization in city administration public sectors.
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Submitted To Addis Ababa University College Of Business And Economics In Partial Fulfilment Of The Requirements Of Masters Of Arts (Ma) In Public Administration And Development Management Policy (Mpmp)
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Budget Allocation, Budget approval, Utilization