Somaliland 2019 Budget Brief

Despite its improving and institutionalization of the national development plans for the past seven years, the budgetary system in Somaliland is manually operated during its preparation and allocation of costs. Although, substantial PFM policy reforms have been undertaken to improve resource allocation for the public service delivery more remains to be done to strengthen the progression of expenditure planning and budget allocations.In terms of organization, this analysis first presents synopsis of the entire 2019 budget, then proceeds with analysis that looks at issues of key spending lines of Line Ministries and Agencies(LMA) and what this means to public service delivery. Furthermore, the brief covers questions around the worrying signs in budget 2019 and possible options to mitigate them.