Chuma Cha Dziko – Public Finance Management Programme in Malawi

The project focusses on:

• “Collecting more” by improving the national tax system through interventions in revenue policy and revenue administration, to increase the fiscal space for financing inclusive growth and development.
• “Spending better” by supporting the implementation of Malawi's Public Finance Management rolling plan, with a focus on public expenditure risks: e.g. public procurement, commitment control, payroll/pension management and parastatals, among others, leading to a more transparent and less wasteful, effective and efficient public financial management system.
• Enhancing accountability in partnership with civil society organisations, media and academia to create domestic and sustained demand for transparency and accountability, indispensable for the overall framework of checks and balances in Malawi.

The programme applies a different approach where PFM technical expertise is balanced with expertise in facilitating change in difficult environments, therefore focussing on the underlying challenge around work ethic and behaviour.

Chuma Cha Dziko is currently Malawi’s largest ongoing PFM programme.

Expected Results

Specific objective 1: Improved effectiveness in fiscal management

Key result (Output) 1: Improved effectiveness and efficiency of revenue policy implementation and tax administration

Key result (Output) 2: Increased effectiveness, efficiency and control of expenditures and reduced fiduciary risks

Key result (Output) 3: Enhanced implementation of PFM reforms

Specific objective 2: Strengthened voice of domestic accountability actors

Key result (Output) 4: Enhanced capacity of civil society, media and academia to demand transparency and accountability from duty bearers

Key result (Output) 5 Established national and local platforms for domestic accountability

Implementation Status

The financing Agreement was signed on 19 June 2019.

All contracts foreseen to implement this programme have been signed and activity implementation is on-going.