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  Fiscal decentralisation and economic growth: a comparative study of China and India

  International Studies Programmme, Georgia State University, 2005

  There are some obvious differences in the political systems of India and China, but there are also similarities in their approaches to decentralisation, such as poor service delivery and the lack of fiscal discipline that threaten the ability of both countries to sustain high rates of economic growth.
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  Improving the dynamics of aid: towards more predictable budget support

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper considers approaches towards improving the predictability of aid to low income countries, with a special focus on budget support.
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  Tax evasion, tax avoidance and development finance

  Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2005

  This paper considers the effects of tax avoidance and evasion on the financing of development.
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  Innovative ways of making aid effective in Ghana: tied aid versus direct budgetary support

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2005

  This paper considers the government of Ghana and its development partners who have agreed on an aid package dubbed the multi-donor budgetary support (MDBS). This package was created to ensure continuous flow of aid to finance the government’s poverty related expenditures.The authors examine the MDBS, with special focus on how it overcomes the problems of tied aid and other project support.
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  Budget institutions and expenditure performance in Tunisia

  University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia, 2001

  The purpose of this paper is to study the link between the budget institutions and economic stability and performance in Tunisia. To what extent and in what sense could it be asserted that fiscal discipline and efficiency are endogenous and may be explained by the institutions of the country? Do these institutions allow for proper and timely adjustments, especially in periods of instability?
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  Effective aid and decentralization in Ethiopia

  Mokoro, 2005

  This paper reviews the issues raised and the conclusions reached by a recent education study in Ethiopia. The study considered the concerns surrounding aid and direct budget support (DBS) within this and other sectors of development.
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  Aid modalities in Ethiopia

  Development Cooperation Ireland, 2005

  This study provides an assessment of the changing environment for aid planning and management in Ethiopia during 2002–2004.
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  Study on financing options for support to the education sector development program

  Mokoro, 2005

  This study examines financing options available to the Government of Ethiopia and donors to support the Education Sector Development Program (ESDP) in Ethiopia.
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  Pity the Finance Minister: issues in managing a substantial scaling up of aid flows

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2005

  This paper is based on the rationale that substantially scaling up of aid flows will require development partners to address many issues, including the impact of higher aid flows on the competitiveness of aid recipients; the management of fiscal and monetary policy; the delivery of public services; behavioral incentives; and the rate of growth of the economy.
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  Does the sustained global demand for oil, gas and minerals mean that Africa can now fund its own MDG financing gap?

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  A new briefing note from the ODI explores ways in which "windfalls" from natural resources such as oil, metals and minerals can be channelled effectively into development processes towards meeting the MDGs. It notes that some African countries may be closer to funding the gap between inflows of aid and investment, and what is needed to meet the MDGs.

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