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    Institutional quality and fiscal transparency

    Sustainable Development Department, Inter-American Development Bank, 2009
    Despite the worldwide attention that has been paid to transparency in the last decade, empirical studies on its determinants are still quite limited. Relying solely on economic factors while disregarding institutional concerns may be misleading. This paper investigates the role of the institutional environment in shaping the informational structure of various national systems.
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    The making of policy: institutionalised or not?

    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2009
    Formal analysis of policy-making within the realm of political institutions has deepened the understanding of how political institutions shape economic policies.
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    Resource dependence and budget transparency

    Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2008
    This paper analyses the results of the Open Budget Survey 2008 - an evaluation of budget transparency in 85 countries. The authors highlight a number of issues including: 
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    Donor approaches to Governance Assessments 2009: Sourcebook

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
    This sourcebook is intended to help agency staff, partner country stakeholders and practitioners in their work on governance assessments, in which donor aid agencies are actively involved. It is divided into two parts.
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    Supporting domestic accountability: exploring conceptual dimensions and operational challenges

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2009
    This discussion paper tackles the conceptual and policy dimensions of domestic accountability, an issue that has edged to the forefront of the development agenda.
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    Statistical evidence on social and economic exclusion in Nepal

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009
    This paper is a discourse on social exclusion in Nepal. It aims to identify statistically significant economic and social development differences between castes and ethnic groups. It reports on the changes in poverty levels and other human development indicators that have taken place during the conflict period.
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    When bottom-up meets top-down: the limits of local participation in local government planning in Tanzania

    Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2010
    This report discusses district level planning as perceived by representatives of different districts in Tanzania. It refers to planning as a process of making choices of interventions in pursuit of sustainable development in relation to the Millennium Development Goals.
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    Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2008: political management in international comparison

    Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2008
    The Bertelsmann Transformation Index is composed of the status and management index. In the status index, the BTI examines the current state of democracy and market economy in 125 developing and transformation countries according to a standardized criterion while the management index focuses on the quality of political leadership and governance in shaping change.Findings:
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    Constitutional reform in the Arab world

    The Arab Reform Initiative, 2010
    Constitutional reform in the Arab world derives legitimacy from its importance in the process of modernization, reformulating the relationship between state and society, and effecting changes that reflect evolving ideological and intellectual systems, as well as regional and international political developments.
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    Taking stock: What do PEFA assessments tell us about PFM systems across countries?

    Overseas Development Institute, 2009
    This paper analyses the results of 57 Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessments. It is a comparative cross-country performance overall and across different budget dimensions. The initiative provides detailed accounts of the performance of Public Financial Management (PFM) along various dimensions.

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