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  Towards a single development vision and the role of the single economy

  Caribbean Community Secretariat, 2007

  This report is meant to provide a vision for the development of the Caribbean Community to which all stakeholders can give their support. It aims to serve as a basis for decisions by the Heads of Government on a ‘road map’ for the further implementation of the Caricom Single Market and Economy.
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  Budget monitoring and policy influence: lessons from civil society budget analysis and advocacy initiatives

  Overseas Development Institute, 2007

  This study examines the issues of budget accountability and budget policies. Within budget acountability it looks at budget groups’ impact on levels of budget transparency, public literacy and awareness of budget issues, and public engagement with budget processes. Budget policy includes for example investigation into the improvements in budget systems and shifts in allocations.
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  The precarious state of public finance

  Global Policy Forum, 2007

  As part of the ongoing debate over sustainable development financing, this paper identifies and examines the obstacles to effective mobilisation of domestic revenues in Southern countries.
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  An IEO Evaluation of IMF exchange rate policy advice, 1999 - 2005

  Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF, 2007

  This evaluation argues that during the period 1999–2005, the IMF was not as effective as it needs to be to fulfil its responsibilities for exchange rate surveillance. This effectiveness depends on the IMF’s adeptness in focusing on the key analytical issues and in engaging in effective dialogue with its members.
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  Audit committees in central banks

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2007

  This paper reviews the tasks and design of audit committees, increasingly recommended as a way to strengthen financial accountability and good central bank governance. To avoid a configuration where management would be overseeing itself, and thereby limit conflicts of interest, several options are available for oversight bodies depending on the prevailing legal tradition.
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  Does good government draw foreign capital? explaining China' s exceptional foreign direct investment inflow

  World Bank, 2007

  This paper explores the linkages between good governance and foriegn direct investment (FDI) in China, which is now the world 's largest destination of FDI, despite its institutional deficiencies. The analysis compares the quality of China’s institutions with other developing countries.
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  Gulf Research Centre (GRC)

  The Gulf Research Center (GRC) is an independent research institute located in Dubai , United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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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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  How does taxation affect the quality of governance?

  2007

  This paper summarises the policy implications of a growing debate about the connection between taxation and the quality of governance in developing countries. In particular, it focuses on two sets of policy questions about the this relationship. The first relates to governments that do not need to make much tax effort, and the second, to coercive taxation.
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  Privatising basic utilities in Africa: a rejoinder

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007

  This paper offers a critical analysis of Bayliss and McKinley’s 2007 IPC Policy Research Brief on “Privatising Basic Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: the MDG Consequences”.The author agrees with their statement that African governments were pushed into accepting private participation in basic infrastructure by international financial institutions and donors.

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