As far as fiscal reforms strategy is concerned, the study underlined the need for developing a medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF), around which, feasible and sequenced fiscal measures can be envisioned to address the issue of expenditure restructuring. Efforts should also be made to strengthen public expenditure management in areas of budget preparation, accounting and audit, procurement, and cash management. This should complement expenditure reviews to prioritise programmes and to identify areas of waste.

The state's administrative reforms agenda, the report said, would be fundamental not only to the efficient use of public resources but also to the improvement of many dimensions of government performance. The areas that needed to be focussed upon are strengthening of decision-making procedures, restructuring of civil service staffing, establishing meritocratic civil service practices, rationalising government functions and staffing, and making government more accountable to the citizens. u

The study also underlined the need for improving the system with a view to reducing the load of legal cases.