Budgets
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- How to implement participatory budgeting at local government level in Africa (Volume 2)
- ( Affiliated Network for Social Accountability , 2008)
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Participatory budgeting in Africa is part of an effort to build the capacity of local government officials and their partners for greater accountability and good governance. This toolkit is aimed a...
- How to implement participatory budgeting at local government level in Africa (Volume 1)
- ( Affiliated Network for Social Accountability , 2008)
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Participatory budgeting in Africa is part of an effort to build the capacity of local government officials and their partners for greater accountability and good governance. This companion is aimed...
- Guidelines to maximise the value of the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) performance measurement framework
- ( R. Wilson / Oxford Policy Management , 2008)
- With the increasing provision of general budget support (GBS), donors are more interested in the assessment of the recipients' public financial management (PFM) systems. Against this background, this ...
How can government spending be monitored?
- ( V. Ramkumar / International Budget Project , 2008)
- The third in a series of guides covering financial budgeting and accountability, this paper offers an overview of government budget implementation processes and provides practical, tested tools t...
- Is Philippine agricultural expenditure fulfilling its potential?
- ( World Bank Publications , 2007)
- This document presents the Agriculture Public Expenditure Review (AgPER), a document which assesses the ways of increasing the impact of public expenditures on broad-based agricultural growth in the P...
- An update on reconstruction efforts in Nias, Indonesia
- ( World Bank Publications , 2007)
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Already one of the poorest regions in Indonesia, the island of Nias was badly affected by the twin disasters of the 26 December 2004 tsunami and a devastating earthquake that struck three months la...
- Is budget support an effective means of financing the MDGs?
- ( R. Carter;S. Lister / Social Watch , 2007)
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International aid donors have increasingly moved toward direct budget support as a means of reducing poverty and meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This article discusses the relevanc...
- Do fiscal policies help reduce inequality in the Andean countries?
- ( Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) , 2007)
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Recent studies show that Latin America is the region with the highest levels of inequality in the world. However, while the problem has worsened in many Latin American countries, inequality in...
The impact of IMF policies on public spending in developing countries
- ( D. Goldsbrough / Center for Global Development, USA , 2007)
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This paper reports on an investigation into whether the IMF constrains health spending in poor countries. With a focus on developing a framework of lessons and recommendations, it draws upon a rang...
- Gender-budgeting to reduce gender disparities and improve economic outcomes
- ( J.G. Stotsky / Finance and Development, IMF , 2007)
- This article argues that the understanding of how public policies have different effects on men and women has improved in recent years and is influencing macroeconomic policymaking. Reducing gender di...
