Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09MAPUTO488
2009-04-16 14:46:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Maputo
Cable title:
MOZAMBIQUE: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
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UNCLAS MAPUTO 000488
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EEB/IFD/OMA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN PREL MZ
SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
REF: A. STATE 28885
B. 08 MAPUTO 748
UNCLAS MAPUTO 000488
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EEB/IFD/OMA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN PREL MZ
SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
REF: A. STATE 28885
B. 08 MAPUTO 748
1. (U) The following responds to reftel questions on the
Government of Mozambique's (GRM) budget and transparency.
2. (SBU) The GRM is scheduled to receive and is already
receiving U.S. foreign assistance using FY 09 funds. 2009
USG assistance in Mozambique will top $350 million dollars,
including significant funding from PEPFAR, the President's
Malaria Initiative (PMI),and the first year of Millennium
Challenge Corporation's $507 million five-year compact. Post
also funds initiatives using ESF, DA, IMET, INCLE, and FMF
funding sources.
3. (U) The GRM's central budget is publicly available on the
following website:
www.portaldogoverno.gov.mz/docs gov/orcamento.
4. (SBU) Income and expenditure are included in the budget
document at a detailed level due to agreements made between
19 donors, known as the G19 or Program Aid Partners (PAP),
which provide direct budget support (Ref B). Donor
assistance, including direct budget support, is detailed on
odamoz.org.mz. The IMF and World Bank maintain active
programs promoting fiscal transparency. On March 18, the G19
signed an MoU with the GRM to continue direct budget support,
allocating $455 million in support for 2009. The 90-page
memorandum details the various review and planning processes
that require donor and GRM participation and budget
transparency. Despite these various mechanisms, the Ministry
of Finance made a $250 million error in its December 2008 FY
09 budget submission which passed through the Parliamentary
review process without being noticed, suggesting insufficient
institutional transparency and accountability in the GRM and
Parliament. Donors later raised the error with the GRM, and
the budget was revised. Though the largest donor to
Mozambique, the USG maintains a non-voting observer presence
in the G19 process at this time because we do not provide
direct budget support.
Amani
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EEB/IFD/OMA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN PREL MZ
SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
REF: A. STATE 28885
B. 08 MAPUTO 748
1. (U) The following responds to reftel questions on the
Government of Mozambique's (GRM) budget and transparency.
2. (SBU) The GRM is scheduled to receive and is already
receiving U.S. foreign assistance using FY 09 funds. 2009
USG assistance in Mozambique will top $350 million dollars,
including significant funding from PEPFAR, the President's
Malaria Initiative (PMI),and the first year of Millennium
Challenge Corporation's $507 million five-year compact. Post
also funds initiatives using ESF, DA, IMET, INCLE, and FMF
funding sources.
3. (U) The GRM's central budget is publicly available on the
following website:
www.portaldogoverno.gov.mz/docs gov/orcamento.
4. (SBU) Income and expenditure are included in the budget
document at a detailed level due to agreements made between
19 donors, known as the G19 or Program Aid Partners (PAP),
which provide direct budget support (Ref B). Donor
assistance, including direct budget support, is detailed on
odamoz.org.mz. The IMF and World Bank maintain active
programs promoting fiscal transparency. On March 18, the G19
signed an MoU with the GRM to continue direct budget support,
allocating $455 million in support for 2009. The 90-page
memorandum details the various review and planning processes
that require donor and GRM participation and budget
transparency. Despite these various mechanisms, the Ministry
of Finance made a $250 million error in its December 2008 FY
09 budget submission which passed through the Parliamentary
review process without being noticed, suggesting insufficient
institutional transparency and accountability in the GRM and
Parliament. Donors later raised the error with the GRM, and
the budget was revised. Though the largest donor to
Mozambique, the USG maintains a non-voting observer presence
in the G19 process at this time because we do not provide
direct budget support.
Amani