Fiscal Decentralisation
Taking public finance closer to communities
Fiscal Decentralisation · Local Government · Service Delivery
PFM Solutions & Director experience
Challenge
Decentralisation is incomplete when expenditure responsibilities move to lower levels of government without corresponding financing rules, budget frameworks and accountability arrangements.
Experience
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Rule-based intergovernmental transfer arrangements
- Conditional grants
- Community-driven development financing
- District / city district budget rules
- Tehsil / town municipal budget rules
- Village / neighbourhood council budget rules
Sindh
- Support to poverty-reduction and community-driven development frameworks
- PFM arrangements connecting government financing with community-level implementation
Public-finance pathway
Provincial resources
Rules-based transfers
Local institutions
Local priorities and services
Relevance
This work illustrates how PFM frameworks can move public resources closer to citizens while retaining transparency, rules and accountability.
No specific contracting client is identified here pending verified attribution in the evidence register.