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Andrew Lawson

Andrew heads the Centre for Aid & Public Expenditure (CAPE) at the Overseas Development Institute. He is a public finance specialist with extensive experience of the design, management & evaluation of budgetary aid.

With David Booth, he was responsible for the design of the evaluation framework for General Budget Support, which has been adopted by the OECD-DAC and also led the first comprehensive evaluation of the impact of GBS, examining the experience of Tanzania over 1995 - 2004.

a.lawson@odi.org.uk

Key projects, books and papers
General Budget Support

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In recognition of the importance of budgetary aid and, in particular, "new" forms of support to national budgets, DFID is looking into the feasibility and scope for undertaking a joint evaluation, with other donors and national partners, of general budget support as an aid modality.
Does Budget Support Work? Evidence from Tanzania. Short Report. Full Report.
Evaluation of GBS - evaluation framework
Phase 1 report
Phase 2 report
Workshop report

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Aid and Public Expenditure

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