PART II SELECTED CURRENT ISSUES IN THE FOREST SECTOR 111 it makes to sustainable forest management. than to investment(86 percent in 1999) Based on information provided by 17 countries, Most current expenditure covers staff costs the following general observations can be made. About half the countries reported that these Most public expenditure from domestic costs accounted for more than 70 percent of financing goes to current expenditure rather TABLE 12 Sources of public expenditure in the forest sector in selected African countries, 1999 Country Forest revenue Total public expenditure Sources of funds SUS000F Externa Forest xternal financing 2328 Burundi 193 1198 Central African Republ 1030 na Chad 3960 4431 41561 7566 40538 Democratic Republic of the Congo 03 1277 0 15 Ghana 12559 31294 <4 7362 8551 1054 18461 10 119 7317 Madagascar 2734 4385 7255 11641 3992 Mali 321 4830 5603 5603 Namibia 2548 2787 5335 2572 8241 1579 2835 10578 13413 Uganda 2386 United Republic of Tanzan 2763 31773 39340 Zimbabwe 908 2132 1254 3386 27 otes: Although figures were not available it should be noted that both Ghana and Malawi receive significant levels of external financing for the forest sector. It hould also be noted that intermational financing might be higher than shown because these figures may not include support to forestry under more general rural development and environmental projects in some countries111 SECTOR FOREST THE IN ISSUES CURRENT SELECTED II PART .management forest sustainable to makes it ,countries 17 by provided information on Based .made be can observations general following the domestic from expenditure public Most• rather expenditure current to goes financing .(1999 in percent 86 (investment to than .costs staff covers expenditure current Most• these that reported countries the half About of percent 70 than more for accounted costs .total the funds of Sources expenditure public Total revenue Forest Country (%) a)000’US($ External Government Forest Total External Domestic (net (revenue financing financing 51 31 17 530 4 328 2 201 2 780 Faso Burkina 86 10 4 391 1 198 1 193 50 Burundi .a.n. a.n 541 030 1. a.n 030 1 566 5 Republic African Central 89 9 1 431 4 960 3 471 60 Chad 19 21 -103 538 40 566 7 971 32 561 41 Ivoire’d Côte 0 37 63 277 1 0 277 1 803 Congo the of Republic Democratic 15 76 9 209 25 865 3 345 21 283 2 Ethiopia 65 2 33 686 445 242 225 Gambia .a.n. a.n 40 < 294 31. a.n 294 31 559 12 Ghana 54 41 6 913 15 551 8 362 7 902 Guinea 6 84 10 461 18 054 1 407 17 845 1 Kenya 19 75 7 639 119 521 44 Lesotho 0 58 42 317 7 0 317 7 100 3 Liberia 62 14 23 641 11 255 7 385 4 734 2 Madagascar .a.n. a.n 3 < 992 3. a.n 992 3 110 Malawi 67 31 2 726 14 896 9 830 4 321 Mali 0 86 14 603 5 0 603 5 770 Mauritius 52 46 1 335 5 787 2 548 2 68 Namibia 90 6 5 385 7 612 6 773 351 Niger 40 48 12 821 20 241 8 580 12 572 2 Nigeria 79 9 12 413 13 578 10 835 2 579 1 Senegal 65 14 21 668 3 386 2 282 1 763 Uganda 81 12 7 340 39 773 31 567 7 763 2 Tanzania of Republic United 37 36 27 386 3 254 1 132 2 908 Zimbabwe .2002a, 2001, FAO: Source .available not. = a.n a .rates exchange 1999 At It. sector forest the for financing external of levels significant receive Malawi and Ghana both that noted be should it, available not were figures Although: Notes rural general more under forestry to support include not may figures these because shown than higher be might financing international that noted be also should .countries some in projects environmental and development 12 TABLE 1999, countries African selected in sector forest the in expenditure public of Sources