Budget Practice and Control in Public Sector Organizations (Case of Guto Gida Woreda Finance and Economic Development Office)

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the budget practice and control in the Guto Gida Wereda Finance and Economic Development office. From the total population of 428, (Watson 2001) formula was used to determine sample of 102 respondents. The management teams, the internal and external auditors, budget experts, finance officers, tax and planning experts of the selected public organization were the sources for the required data to the researchers through the questionnaires administered. The SPSS version  22.0  was  used  to  analyze  the  data  using  descriptive  statistics,  including  mean, standard deviation. The information and communication, cost reduction, competent internal audit staff, management support, budget monitoring and evaluation were contributed for the budget control in the public sector.

Keywords: Budget, Guto Gida, Finance and Economic Development, Control, Practice

DOI: 10.7176/RJFA/10-11-04

Publication date:June 30^th 2019