Evaluation of budget design and execution, an instrument of performance-based budgeting: some experiences applied to health

Authors

  • K Peñaloza-Vassallo Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas, Lima, Perú. Bachiller en Administración magíster en Políticas Sociales y Desarrollo
  • A Gutiérrez-Aguado Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas, Lima, Perú. médico especialista en Gestión en Salud. magíster en Salud Pública
  • M Prado-Fernández Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas, Lima, Perú. bachiller en Economía

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2017.343.3074

Keywords:

Performance budgeting, Program evaluation, Health programs and plans

Abstract

Since 2008, the evaluation of budget design and execution (EDEP for its acronym in Spanish) - one of the evaluations tools developed by the Peruvian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) as part of the implementation of Performance Budgeting- seek to provide reliable information about design coherence and progress in the implementation of public interventions, in order to improve their management and make informed budget decisions. The EDEP methodology includes preparing an evaluation report and defining a matrix of commitments to improve performance. Commitments are defined based on the recommendation of the EDEP. The EDEP seeks to correct exiting problems in public programs and optimize their results. MEF tracks the fulfillment of these commitments and links together the analysis of public budget requests and the progress of these commitments. Now, almost 10 years after its implementation, 57 EDEP have been carried out in different sectors and 07 of them are related to health interventions such as: the comprehensive health system, vaccination service, normal births, acute respiratory infections and acute diarrheal diseases, among others. Beyond the discrepancies in the application of this tool, the EDEP and its matrix of commitments have allowed the use of the results of the evaluations and have become a mechanism to generate useful information to improve the public services.

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Published

2017-09-29

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Symposium

How to Cite

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Peñaloza-Vassallo K, Gutiérrez-Aguado A, Prado-Fernández M. Evaluation of budget design and execution, an instrument of performance-based budgeting: some experiences applied to health. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica [Internet]. 2017 Sep. 29 [cited 2024 Nov. 1];34(3):521-7. Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/3074