Project Narrative

Project Team

Project Narrative:

During September 2003, Professor Mark Rider conducted a one-week training program for 12 staff members of Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance in Jakarta, Indonesia. The training program was financed through the World Bank established in support of Indonesia’s decentralization process and institutions.

The purpose of the training course was to familiarize MoF staff with data analysis techniques and tools as well as providing them with on hands-on experience to develop an Intergovernmental Fiscal Review (IGFR). The course was specifically designed to assist with the preparation of the IGFR, but also benefited the MoF in its general role of monitoring and managing Indonesia’s fiscal decentralization process.

The IGFR is expected to strengthen transparency and accountability by enabling Parliamentarians, legislators, government officials, non-governmental organizations and civil society to monitor and analyze regional budgets. It will also help compare expenditure and revenue performance across regions, creating incentives for sub-national governments to become more responsive to their citizens’ needs. The IGFR will also be a tool by which the Government regularly monitors and evaluates its fiscal decentralization program.