Thesis
French
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Abstract
Fiscal reform implemented in Mauritius from 2008 was part of an overall strategy to modernize public finance management that places performance at the heart of public policy-making. Based on a proactive change management, and supported by the extensive renovation of the tax and public procurement systems, changes in budget rules have increased managerial autonomy of the executive. However, assessing the impact of the medium-term budget framework and programme-based budgeting on control over the fiscal position, credibility of the sector allocations and public spending effectiveness highlights the limitations of the reform and calls for a renewed interpretation of the success of the Mauritian model of public management for results. Its originality is strongly related to building a culture of accountability in the public service and institutional choices that are the specific product of a national social and administrative history, helping to impose a political vision of performance in the process of public expenditure rationalization. The simultaneous emergence of extra-budgetary funds management and programme-based budgeting leads to identify a hybrid approach to fiscal reform, whose adaptation to Sub-Saharan African countries may be challenged.