Implementing Program Budgeting in the Serbian Ministry of Defense
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McNab, Robert M.
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2011
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Summer 2011
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The Republic of Serbia’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) is attempting to implement a
program-oriented, multi-year budgeting system in 2010. This paper reveals several
challenges that threaten the success of this initiative. First, we find that the
proposed budget system confuses organizations and programs. Second, there does
not appear to be a centrally coordinated effort to implement program budgeting,
leading to significant disparities in comprehension, organization, and
implementation amongst the subordinate commands in MoD. Finally, there is a
distinct lack of communication within the MoD regarding the necessity of a
program budget and how the process should move forward. These issues inhibit
the implementation of program budgeting in the MoD and diminish the possible
gains associated with the multi-year, programmatic allocation of defense resources.
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Global Public Policy Academic Group
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Public Budgeting & Finance / Summer 2011, pp. 117-131.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.