Report of the training course in budget-plan haromization for English-speaking countries : Addis Ababa 16 Feb. - 18 Mar. 1970

Abstract

The Training course in Budget plan Harmonization was organized pursuant to (Resolution 207 (IX) of the Ninth Session of the ECA to assist the member States in the improvement of their budgetary systems and in the strengthening of their financial institutions for a more effective mobilization of internal resources. In his letter dated 19 August 19&9 inviting nominations to the Course the Executive Secretary stated "In view of the importance of the budget as an instrument for the allocation of scarce resources and as a medium for the implementation of a policy economic development, it is necessary to provide training facilities to government officers in modern budgetary techniques and the ways in which the budget and the plan can be brought those together".