ANNEX 2B: SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF BOOST COUNTRIES

Country

Data availability

Project information

Functional/ program

% spending tagged at subnational level

Availability of foreign funded execution

Economic disaggregation

Additional comments

Angola

2009-2015

Yes

Three levels

18%

Execution data for on-budget aid reported in full

Highly disaggregated

Benin

2009-2015

Not available

Two levels of functional

0%

Execution data for on-budget aid mostly not reported

Sufficient disaggregation

5% of total spending classified as "common charges"

Burkina Faso

2009-2013

Not available

Three levels

0%

Execution data largely under-reported

Sufficient disaggregation

Misclassification likely for electricity (execution reporting domestic and foreign together)

Burundi

2013-2015

Not available

Only basic administrative

Less than 1%

All source of funding classified as internal so unclear whether execution of foreign funds is included

Basic disaggregation

BOOST database is still incomplete, pending further data quality checks

Cameroon

2009-2015

Not available

Three levels of functional and program

17%

Execution data mostly reported

Sufficient disaggregation

Classification break in 2012

Equatorial Guinea

2009-2015

Not available

Not available

0%

No source of funding available to distinguish between domestic vs. foreign-funded execution

Basic disaggregation

Insufficient disaggregation for analysis

Ethiopia

2009-2014

Not available

Three levels

33%

Execution data reported in full

Highly disaggregated

Guinea

2009-2014

Not available

One level

0%

All sources of funding classified as internal so unclear whether execution of foreign funds is included

Basic disaggregation

29% of total spending classified as "common charges"

Guinea-Bissau

2010-2015

Not available

Two levels of functional

0%

No identification of source of funding so unclear whether execution of foreign funds is included

Sufficient disaggregation

Amounts on capital expenditures mostly missing

Kenya

2009-2015

Yes

Three levels of programmatic

29%

Execution data reported in full from 2013 onward

Highly disaggregated

Classification break in 2012 following decentralization

Lesotho

2010-2015

Yes

Two levels of program

0%

Execution data mostly reported with gaps

Highly disaggregated

Capital spending in water in 2015 could not be found

Liberia

2009-2012

Yes, but incomplete

Three levels of functional

0%

All source of funding classified as internal so unclear whether execution of foreign funds is included

Sufficient disaggregation

BOOST database is still incomplete, pending further data quality checks

Mali

2009-2015

Yes

One level of functional

25%

Execution data mostly reported with exceptions in electricity

Sufficient disaggregation

11% of total spending classified as "common charges"

Mauritania

2009-2014

Yes

Only basic administrative

0%

Execution data for on-budget aid reported with gaps

Sufficient disaggregation

Mozambique

2009-2015

Yes, but incomplete

Two levels of functional and program

33%

Execution data for on-budget aid reported in full

Highly disaggregated

Individual projects grouped together

Namibia

2009-2015

Not available

Two levels of functional

0%

No foreign assistance

Highly disaggregated

Only country to properly classify operational expenditure within capital budget

Niger

2009-2015

Yes

No functional

10%

Execution data mostly reported with exceptions in electricity

Highly disaggregated

São Tomé and Príncipe

2009-2014

Yes

Two levels of program and functional

0%

Execution data reported in full

Highly disaggregated

Senegal

2010-2015

Yes

Two levels of functional

0%

All sources of funding classified as internal so unclear whether execution of foreign funds is included

Sufficient disaggregation

Sierra Leone

2011-2015

Not available

Three levels of functional

0%

No execution data reported

Sufficient disaggregation

BOOST database is still incomplete, pending further data quality checks

Tanzania

2009-2015

Yes

Three levels of functional

16%

Execution data for on-budget aid reported in full

Highly disaggregated

Togo

2009-2015

Yes

Only basic administrative and sector

0%

Execution data mostly not reported

Sufficient disaggregation

Uganda

2009-2015

Yes

Three levels of functional

15%

Execution data mostly captured with few exceptions (i.e., electricity)

Highly disaggregated

Zimbabwe

2011-2015

Yes, but incomplete

One level of functional

0%

No identification of source of funding so unclear whether execution of foreign funds is included

Sufficient disaggregation

Insufficient disaggregation for analysis