Monitoring public expenditure on food and agriculture: the MAFAP method

Monitoring public spending devoted to food and agriculture is a critical policy analysis tool to better understand agricultural public expenditure and how it affects agricultural development, food security and economic growth.

This course will equip you with the skills to carry out your public expenditure analysis, looking at total amounts and breakdown of spending. This will allow you to better monitor areas that are underinvested or those that have higher returns on investment, identify budget bottlenecks and prioritize spending, in line with national development objectives. The analysis and results can then be used to shape and influence policymaking on food and agriculture expenditure and investments.

Course content:

• The importance of monitoring public expenditure
• Best practices to collect, organise and classify expenditure data
• How to carry out your own public expenditure analysis based on the MAFAP methodology