Delivering services through better management of public finances, designed for the unique fiscal realities of our continent. Built from Africa, for Africa.
Africa's service-delivery gap is, at its root, a public financial management problem.
PFPR is a continental initiative that helps African governments deliver more from every public dollar. It is a structural reform partner, not a one-off advisory engagement. The work focuses on the public financial management systems that decide whether budgets reach the clinic, the classroom and the household.
Conceived by Vanguard Economics and delivered with the Africa School of Governance, PFPR pairs sustained, in-country accompaniment with a continental cadre of practitioners. The aim is simple. Money moves through government in ways that are agile, resilient, accountable, sovereign and efficient.
PFPR aims to deliver five mutually reinforcing outcomes.
Budgets that can be adjusted in weeks, not budget cycles.
Systems that hold through political and economic shocks.
Money tracked from appropriation to point of service.
Systems accountable to citizens, not to donors. Reform decisions made and owned domestically.
More value-for-money on every budget line, year on year.
The fiscal squeeze facing African governments, and why strengthening public financial management is the highest-return response available.
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PFPR was conceived, designed and launched by Vanguard Economics in 2024–2025, and is delivered in partnership with the Africa School of Governance. Together they provide the institutional foundation for PFPR's first phase.
