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4 The Case of Malawi 44<br />

4.1 Why Malawi? 45<br />

4.2 Decentralisation in Malawi 48<br />

4.3 The sectors: education and health in Malawi 49<br />

4.3.1 The education sector in Malawi – current situation 50<br />

4.3.2 The health sector in Malawi – current situation 51<br />

Part II: Empirical Findings 55<br />

5 Worlds Apart: The Theory and Practice of <strong>Public</strong><br />

<strong>Financial</strong> <strong>Management</strong> in Malawi 55<br />

5.1 The <strong>for</strong>mal legal and institutional framework <strong>for</strong> PFM in<br />

Malawi 56<br />

5.1.1 The legal framework <strong>for</strong> PFM in Malawi 56<br />

5.1.2 Formal PFM at central government level 57<br />

5.1.3 Formal PFM at local government level 64<br />

5.2 PFM in practice: ad hoc planning and budgeting,<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mal practices and uncertainty 76<br />

6 Determinants of In<strong>for</strong>mal PFM Practices in Malawi 85<br />

6.1 Capacity 89<br />

6.1.1 Lack of adequately qualified staff in key positions 90<br />

6.1.2 Shortcomings in organisational and human resource<br />

management 91<br />

6.2 Resources <strong>for</strong> PFM processes 95<br />

6.2.1 Funding as a prerequisite <strong>for</strong> capacity 97<br />

6.2.2 Lack of resources <strong>for</strong> PFM at district level 99<br />

6.2.2.1 Sources of local finance <strong>for</strong> recurrent expenditures 101<br />

6.3 Donor impact on PFM 106<br />

6.3.1 Lack of predictability of donor funding 106

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