The function of budgeting in the Ghanaian public sector in terms of service delivery was examined in this study. Questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussions, and document analysis were used to collect qualitative and quantitative data for the study, which used a mixed-methods research design. The respondents for the surveys, key interview informants, and participants in the focus group discussions were chosen using multistage sampling. Thirty-four district assemblies were sampled out of the 170 that existed in 2008. 612 District Assembly (DA) officials, 1020 individuals, 28 national/regional officials, and 20 other people took part in the study.Those who took part in the focus group discussions. Quantitative data was analysed using descriptive statistics and regression on Likert scale questionnaire items, while qualitative data was evaluated thematically. The data revealed that citizens gave bad ratings to service delivery, whereas district assembly officials gave it a satisfactory rating. Budgeting procedures had a favourable and significant impact on service delivery, according to the study. The findings of the study have important consequences for public administrators, citizens, and academics because they showed the significance of good budgeting methods if the public sector's decentralised administrations and agencies are to be successful.
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George Kojo Scott
African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM), Kenya.
Francis Enu-Kwesi
Institute for Development Studies, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
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