Planning and Budgeting in Southern Sudan: Lessons for Post-Conflict Settings

By Overseas Development Institute
Updated: 05/31/2011

southsudanBy Fiona Davies and Gregory Smith. Overseas Development Institute, October 2010.

Lack of experience and capacity in designing and managing national budgets is a common feature in post conflict contexts. Through innovative inter-ministerial budget sector working groups, coding systems to enhance monitoring, and adopting technical systems at a slow but deliberative pace, the Government of South Sudan offers some lessons for setting budget priorities, spending ceilings, and administrative schema.

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