Bangladesh Strengthening PFM Program to Enable Service Delivery

The development objective of the Strengthening Public Financial Management (PFM) Program to Enable Service Delivery - Program-for-Results (PforR) Project for Bangladesh is to improve fiscal forecasting, budget preparation, and execution, financial reporting and transparency to enable better resource availability for service delivery in selected Ministries, Departments, and Agencies. This document describes the context, rationale, and objectives of the World Bank’s support to a new government program for strengthening PFM in Bangladesh. This PFM action plan provides the implementation road map for priority actions. The government has requested the International Development Association (IDA) PforR operation to support the Ministry of Finance (MoF) in implementing selected components of the PFM action plan. The document also summarizes the relevant assessments, including the technical aspects such as the best-fit, program results framework, cost-benefit, and fiduciary and social and environmental safeguard risks.