Provincial Management Strengthening Program

implementation

The general objective of this operation is to contribute to growth and private sector employment in the provinces by improving the management of revenue, expenditure, and public investment, and by implementing investment projects. The interaction between strengthening actions and public investment projects will help to: (i) create incentives for improving fiscal management by linking it with project financing; and (ii) ensure that improvements in the management of provincial investment are implemented. The operation's specific objectives at the provincial level are to: (i) increase provincial revenue, with a focus on the real estate tax; (ii) improve the management and targeting of provincial public expenditure; (iii) strengthen investment management; (iv) finance investment projects in strategic sectors, increasing private sector employment; and (v) provide support in the design of fiscal federalism reforms.