2013 PNG Budget Forum
07 February 2013
Remarks by Dr Thomas Webster
The 2013 Budget was quite historic as the Budget introduced a number of reforms that I described then at the budget lockup last year as “Bold and Innovative”. The 2013 Budget:
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For the firsth time in PNG's history is a Deficit Budget Planning to borrow a huge amount of money (K2.6 Billion) |
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Introduced a multi-year budget- cycle rather than the normal annual budget cycle; |
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shifts significant spending from the national levels to provincial, district and local level governments; and |
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attempts to integrate Development and Recurrent Budgets. |
The most important innovation to me is the Political Leadership that is evident in the whole Budget Process. This is obvious from the framing of the budget which reflects the priorities agreed to by the Coalition Parties described as the Alotau Accord. For once, It is not a budget put together by public servants and approved by the politicians.
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Linking Research to High Level Public Policy
December 2012
Remarks by Dr. Thomas Webster at the International Development Conference, Auckland, New Zealand
The need to undertake research in order to improve understanding of public policy choices and also to inform policy implementation is generally accepted. How to enable and utilize the information generated to influence policy formulation and implementation continues to be a challenge.
This is also a challenge in PNG and especially for the National Research Institute (NRI), whose main function is to conduct research on social and economic development issues affecting PNG. I want to take the opportunity to contribute to the discussions about the experiences of the National Research Institute of Papua New Guinea.
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