Complementary TA support. Capacity-building technical assistance support should be closely linked to policy reform matrix implementation. Capacity constraints hamper the government's ability to follow through on agreed reforms. Even though the program reform agenda was carefully prioritized and focused, the government had other policy reform matrix reforms and routine government administrative matters to attend to. Three rounds of supplementary financing were provided for the Institutional Strengthening of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Technical Assistance to help authorities follow up on agreed reforms. In retrospect, programing technical assistance resources to assist the authorities define, secure approval, and implement agreed reforms at the start would have been more efficient.
Strengthened Public Financial Management Program