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  Aid instruments in fragile states

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This paper by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) describes the limitations of current approaches to aid instruments and discusses the emerging understanding of their use within fragile states.
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  Expectations versus realities in gender-responsive budget initiatives

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005

  This paper addresses the question of how well gender-responsive budget (GRB) initiatives have done in practice compared with the claims and expectations about what they can achieve?
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  Linking policies and budgets: implementing medium term expenditure frameworks in a PRSP context

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This briefing paper focuses on the effectiveness of Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks (MTEFs) in offering a more practical approach to the implementation of the strategies laid out in the PRSPs (Povery Reduction Strategy Papers). It is based on nine country case studies which investigated the experience of implementing MTEFs in a PRSP context.
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  Nine African budget transparency and participation case studies

  Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005

  The findings from this study explore budget transparency from the ordinary citizen's perspective. It sheds some light on information required to engage meaningfully with budgetary and other decisions involving public resources from the ordinary citizen's perspective.
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  Managing aid; practices of DAC member countries

  OECD Development Co-operation Directorate: DAC Guidelines and Reference Series, 2005

  This report aims to expand knowledge on the various practices and structures adopted by the 22 member countries of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC)1 for managing their foreign assistance to developing and transition countries. It highlights relevant work within the DAC as well as good practices or noteworthy features of particular DAC member countries’ programmes.
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  Perfect partners? the performance of programme aid partners in Mozambique, 2004

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This report provides an assessment of the performance of donors during 2004 in Mozambique, as well as an account of Mozambican perceptions of donors’ activities.
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  Gender and budget 2005

  International Budget Partnership, 2005

  This paper examines gender equity within the 2005 South African budget. The authors highlight that women and girls are often most vulnerable to conditions like HIV/AIDS and poverty, but that programmes to address these conditions will fail without a significant earmarking of funds.
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  The political economy of the budget process in Mozambique

  Oxford Policy Management, 2005

  This paper discusses the nature of the budget process in Mozambique, a highly aid-dependent developing country with weak institutions.
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  Accountability upside down: gender equality in a partnership for poverty eradication

  Social Watch, 2005

  This report argues that the ten-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) must be linked to the review process of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as it provides a major input into the that process.
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  Budget institutions and fiscal responsibility: parliaments and the political economy of the budget process

  Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2005

  Can parliaments make an effective contribution to the budget process while preserving fiscal discipline? Reforming budget institutions represents a critical task for emerging economies seeking to strengthen transparency and curb corruption in the management of public finances.

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