This country study has been undertaken under joint funding from CIDA, DFID and UNEP on
behalf of the Poverty and Environment Partnership. It has been managed by the Overseas
Development Institute. It forms part of a wider study which includes cases studies of Ghana,
Mali and Tanzania and whose purpose is: first, to analyse and document experience in
transferring environmental priorities from national plans to budgets, and through into
government implementation plans; and second, to identify how development partners can
facilitate and support such processes within the context of increasing budgetary support. The
primary audience are government officials in the respective countries and their
environment/natural resources counterparts in development agencies. A secondary audience
are non-environment specialists involved in the design and management of budget support
arrangements.