2006 Budget Summary for Southern Sudan

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KHARTOUM 000665 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EFIN ECON PGOV PINR SU SUBJECT: 2006 Budget Summary for Southern Sudan -------------- -------------- Budget: Infrastructure, Security, Education, Health -------------- -------------- ¶1. The following is a summary of the 2006 Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) budget. The total budget is just over USD 1.3 billion. Revenues for 2005 were around USD 700 million, although the government is projecting oil revenues, by far the largest share of income, will increase significantly in 2006. The largest sector is infrastructure development, with a total of USD 305 million (23.3 percent of the total budget),followed by security (USD 220 million, 16.8 percent),education (USD 140 million, 10.7 percent) and health (USD 110 million, 8.4 percent). The budget also earmarks over USD 250 million as reserves (19.1 percent). -------------- -------------- Ministerial Breakdown Parallels Sectoral Distribution -------------- -------------- ¶2. The largest budget for a single ministry is SPLA Affairs, with USD 200 million (15.3 percent). The Ministry of Transport and Roads is the next largest beneficiary (USD 165 million, 12.6 percent),followed by the Ministry of Education (USD 140 million, 10.7 percent),the Ministry of Housing, Lands and Public Utilities (USD 120 million, 9.2 percent),and the Ministry of Health (USD 110 million, 8.4 percent). This budget is only a portion of the money being expended for government-type functions, as it does not include projects financed through donations from the international community. -------------- 2006 Budget Expenditures in Detail -------------- ¶3. The complete budget summary, broken down by sector and ministry or agency, follows. Provided by the Juba office of the World Bank Multi-Donor Trust Fund, the budget document uses figures in U.S. dollars: Total: 1.304 billion Accountability: 15.58 million --Auditor General: 200,000 --Southern Sudan Fiscal & Financial Allocation & Monitoring Commission: 180,000 --Anti-Corruption Commission: 200,000 --Min. of Finance and Economic Planning: 5 million --Center for Statistics and Evaluation: 10 million Economic Functions: 15 million --Min. of Information, Radio and TV: 10 million --Min. of Commerce, Trade and Supply: 2 million --Min. of Industry and Mining: 2 million --Min. of Telecommunications and Postal Services: 1 million Education (Min. of Education): 140 million Health (Min. of Health): 110 million Infrastructure: 305 million --Min. of Water Resources and Irrigation: 20 million --Min. of Housing, Lands and Public Utilities: 120 million --Min. of Transportation and Roads: 165 million Justice, Law and Order: 68.56 million --Judiciary of Southern Sudan: 10 million --Min. of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development: 8 million --Min. of Interior (police, fire and prisons): 50 million --Southern Sudan Human Rights Commission: 200,000 --Public Grievances Chamber: 180,000 --Southern Sudan Employees Justice Chamber: 180,000 Natural Resources and Rural Development: 61.18 million --Southern Sudan Land Commission: 200,000 --Min. of Agriculture and Forestry: 45 million --Min. of Animal Resources and Fisheries: 10 million --Min. of Cooperative and Rural Development: 5 million --Min. of Environment, Wildlife Conservation and Tourism: 1 million Public Administration: 12.065 million KHARTOUM 00000665 002 OF 002 --Council of Ministers (President, Vice President and Min. of Cabinet Affairs): 2 million --Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly: 5 million --Southern Sudan Public Services Commission: 135,000 --Min. of Labor, Public Service and Human Resource Development: 3.75 million --Min. of Regional Cooperation: 1 million --Southern Sudan Referendum Commission: 180,000 Security: 220 million --Demining: 10 million --Disarmament, Demobilization, and Rehabilitation: 10 million --Min. of SPLA Affairs: 200 million Social Services: 9 million --Min. of Gender, Social Welfare and Religious Affairs: 2 million --Min. of Culture, Youth and Sport: 2 million --Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (SRRC): 5 million General Transfers: 95.2 million --Local Government Board: 200,000 --State Council of Ministers: 5 million --State Legislative Assembly: 10 million --Other General Transfers to States and Local Governments: 80 million Reserves: 252.415 million --Pension Liability Reserve: 50 million --Reserves: 202.415 million HUME