The Importance of Transformation from Budgeting Items to Programs and Performance Budgeting to Treat the Public Budgeting Deficit in Iraq

Abstract

The process of preparing the general budget in Iraq according to the method of balancing items (traditional), overshadowed by the lack of rationalization of spending and poor distribution of resources, and the waste of large funds allocated, and therefore must be a shift to the method of balancing programs and performance contributes to the preparation and implementation of the budget in a sophisticated manner To achieve the objectives of the study, the scientific aspects related to the preparation of the proposed budget have been analyzed and have a major role in providing accounting and administrative information of utmost importance in the planning and control of the activities and programs of the government through conducting an applied study In order to balance the programs and performance in Anbar Health Department, and it was concluded that the use of this kind of budget provides accurate accounting and management information that can be used in the planning and control process and then evaluate the performance of government units and rationalize and compress public expenditure through careful planning of costs Each activity and program in order to reduce the waste of public funds and thus reduce the budget deficit.