00:04 Public expenditure is key to achieving Indonesia's development priorities.
00:11 The World Bank worked with the Minister of
00:13 Finance on a public expenditure review for Indonesia.
00:16 The review identifies constraints and
00:18 makes recommendations to improve the quality
00:21 of spending to close gaps in human capital and infrastructure.
00:26 The study covers
00:28 one,
00:28 what instruments can the ministers of finance,
00:31 home affairs,
00:31 and national development planning use to improve the quality
00:35 of spending at the central and local levels.
00:39 2,
00:40 how can Indonesia spend better on human capital,
00:43 health,
00:44 education,
00:44 social assistance,
00:45 and nutrition?
00:48 3,
00:48 how can Indonesia spend better on infrastructure,
00:51 national roads,
00:52 housing,
00:53 irrigation,
00:53 and water supply and sanitation?
00:57 Recommendations include.
01:00 Collect more revenues to spend more on health,
01:03 education,
01:04 social assistance,
01:05 and infrastructure.
01:07 Target spending only for the poor.
01:11 Spend more on early and preventive health and education programs.
01:15 It is better and cheaper than doing it later.
01:19 Spend more on infrastructure maintenance today,
01:23 so there will be less costly rebuilding tomorrow.
01:27 Give fast growing cities more money to make
01:30 more of them more livable and less congestion.
01:34 The study also recommends.
01:37 Ensure that the budget helps achieve national development priorities
01:41 better and focuses on quality and not only quantity.
01:46 Collect more data on results and delivery
01:49 of development priorities to improve budget performance.
01:54 Focused fiscal transfers to local government on output and performance.
01:59 Central and local governments work better together
02:02 and deliver infrastructure and health services.
02:07 And attract more private sector finance to close the infrastructure
02:11 gap because the government budget is just not big enough.
02:15 For more information,
02:17 please visit www.worldbank.org/IDPER.
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