Assessment of the impact of budgetary policies : (selected Country Case Studies: Ghana and Sierra Leone)

Abstract

This publication' is not intended to propose, ready-made solutions for assessment of costs or benefits of government budgetary expenditures which has been the concern of avalanche of fiscal impact studies focusing on different approaches which have been adopted for such analysis. The report aims rather at drawing attention to issues to consider in assessing the impact of government budgetary policies and outlays and its revealed implications for general economic development and growth of a country the issues are drawn from the lessons of experience of the two country case studies, Ghana and Sierra Leone in Section III of this publication.