Philipp Krause

Head of Research, BSI, Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure

Philipp Krause specializes in public administration and budgeting, particularly ministries of finance. He is currently Head of Research, Budget Strengthening Initiative, at the Overseas Development Institute in London. Philipp has previously worked on public sector issues for the German Technical Cooperation and the World Bank, and has advised governments in Latin America, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. He has written scholarly articles and reports on public administration, budgeting, and fiscal governance, as well as monitoring and evaluation.

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Linking public financial management dimensions to development priorities

Publication - Discussion papers - 15 May 2013

ODI Working Papers 380

Bryn Welham, Philipp Krause and Edward Hedger

This paper outlines theoretical and empirical links between public financial management (PFM) functions and development objectives in the context of very low capacity environments. It outlines a list of possible capacity substitution and supplementation options that could support PFM reform in such contexts.

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The origins of modern finance ministries: an evolutionary account based on the history of Britain and Germany

Publication - Discussion papers - 15 May 2013

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Philipp Krause

This paper investigates the origins and drivers of fiscal institutions by studying the history of finance ministries. It argues that finance ministries have their origins in early modern Europe, where they served as agents of spending control to support inter-state warfare. This legacy still shapes the fiscal institutions of today.

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Of institutions and butterflies: is isomorphism in developing countries necessarily a bad thing?

Publication - Discussion papers - 22 April 2013

ODI Background Notes

Philipp Krause

Building on the term 'isomorphic mimicry’, this Background Note explores different types of institutional imitation, in relation to public financial management reform and institutional change in international development.

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What does debt mean for governance?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 25 January 2013

'More effective governments are able to borrow more, and many do. Some that could, don’t. But hardly any governments that lack the corresponding level of effectiveness get away with high levels of debt.'

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Of institutions and butterflies

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 3 December 2012

'Institutional ventriloquism worsens capability traps because it keeps states from developing the autonomous capability to adapt and change. For states that are able to adapt and change on their own, isomorphic mimicry isn’t a problem.'

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