Les défis techniques du suivi des dépenses pour la réduction de la pauvreté dans les pays d’Afrique francophone
Dominique Bouley
In 1999, the IMF established the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility
(PRGF) with the twin objectives of reducing poverty and encouraging growth. The IMF
considers public expenditure management (PEM) to be an important instrument for
reducing poverty. Tracking changes in the composition of overall expenditure of the
budget should demonstrate that resources released through the Enhanced HIPC Ini~tiative facilitate an increase in poverty-reduction spending. The article is devoted to two
tools, budget classification and public accounting, within the context of French speaking
African countries. Budget classification comprises economic classification, administra~tive classification, and functional classification. They have to provide information on
expenditure and its targets in order to be able to analyze the function and the economic
nature of expenditures and to measure the budget involvement in poverty-reduction
programs. Public accounting is basic for reporting on budget execution.
Budget systems in French speaking Africa, legacies of the French system, deteriorated
over the 90s. Weaknesses and corrective measures are presented.
Keywords :
PGRF, budget functional classification, budget economic classification, WAEMU, HIPC Initiative, budgetary accounting, Treasury accounting.
• 1. PRÉSENTATION DE LA FACILITÉ POUR
LA RÉDUCTION DE LA PAUVRETÉ ET
LA CROISSANCE
• 2. PROBLÈME DE CLASSIFICATIONS
— 2.1 Pour une présentation cohérente
des classifications budgétaires
— 2.2 Analyse de la situation actuelle
• 3. L’ENREGISTREMENT DES ÉVÉNEMENTS
BUDGÉTAIRES ET FINANCIERS
— 3.1 La comptabilité budgétaire
— 3.2 L’enregistrement des événements financiers