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  The role of parliament in budgetary oversight

  Parliamentary Centre, Canada, 2007

  This document provides an overview of the role of the Cambodian Parliament (National Assembly and Senate) in budgetary oversight, and general information on the budget process. It is targeted both at parliamentarians and at government officials and academics who wish to better understand the role of parliament in budget oversight.
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  Community participation in social funds in Malawi and Zambia

  Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2006

  The paper examines community participation in social funds projects in Malawi and Zambia, and at the participatory processes through which the funds are dispersed.The authors find that:the Zambia and Malawi social funds have been able to implement a number of sub-projects that have spread resources across the respective countries through community-based demand driven models.while th
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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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  Trust in public finance: citizens views on taxation by local authorities in Tanzania

  Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2004

  This paper examines the problem of tax evasion and non-payment in Tanzania, looking specifically at evidence that the rate of contribution to public services is affected by factors such as citizens’ trust in others and the trustworthiness of the government. Findings from a recently conducted citizens’ survey support this proposition.
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  Issues and options for improving engagement between the World Bank and civil society organizations

  World Bank, 2005

  The purpose of this paper is to assess the World Bank’s recent relations with civil society organizations (CSOs), and to propose options for promoting more effective civic engagement in Bank-supported activities and managing associated risks in the future.
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  Trust in public finance: citizens' view on taxation by local authorities in Tanzania

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  This paper looks at persistent public resistance to paying local taxes in Tanzania, as evidenced by widespread tax evasion and non-payment of fees and charges. In the standard economic model of taxpayer behaviour, the perceived quality of the government does not influence the level of taxes remitted.
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  Issues and options for improving engagement between the World Bank and Civil Society Organizations

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper assesses the World Bank’s recent relations with civil society organisations (CSOs).
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  Opening budgets to public understanding and debate - results from 36 countries

  International Budget Partnership, 2004

  This paper provides a measurement tool for evaluating public access to budget information from the perspective of civil society organizations.
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  Devolution in Pakistan: overview of the ADB/DfID/World Bank study

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2004

  Pakistan's Devolution of Power Plan was introduced in 2000, creating a decentralised structure of district and sub-district governments , each with its own Nazim and Naib Nazim (mayor and deputy mayor), elected council and administration. This report reviews the first 3 years of operation and finds uneven but encouraging progress on most fronts.
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  Building on success in African agriculture: are Kenya's horticultural exports a replicable success story?

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  Summarising a background paper presented at the 'Successes in African Agriculture: Building for the Future' conference, this brief examines some of the factors that have contributed to the over six percent growth in Kenyan horticulture exports over the last 30 years.

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