Heidi Tavakoli

Research Fellow, Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure

h.tavakoli@odi.org.uk

Heidi Tavakoli is a Research Fellow within CAPE. Her work relates to public financial management (PFM), aid modalities and the aid effectiveness agenda. Since joining ODI her projects have included supporting and analysing PFM reform in fragile states, assessing the net benefits of aid instruments and developing an instrument in South Sudan, and assessing the performance of countries against the Paris Declaration indicators. Prior to ODI she worked as a consultant in the Social Policy Programme at Oxford Policy Management and before that she spent two years as an ODI fellow in the Ministry of Education, Namibia.

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Using aid to address governance constraints in service delivery

Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 March 2013

Heidi Tavakoli, Rebecca Simson and Helen Tilley with David Booth

This study examines how aid can facilitate government efforts to address governance constraints in public service delivery, and in particular what types of aid-funded activities and enabling factors seem to allow for this in practice.

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Development Policy Review: January 2013

Publication - Journal articles or issues - 17 January 2013

Various authors

Articles in the latest issue explore engaging chiefs in security sector reforms in Sierra Leone, promoting livelihoods in South East Asia, budget support design schemes, development financing and domestic credit on manufactured exports.

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Back under the microscope: insights from evidence on budget support

Publication - Journal articles or issues - 17 January 2013

Heidi Tavakoli, Gregory Smith

This article analyses evidence for each of the expected benefits of budget support in turn, and finds the biggest improvements in the pro-poor nature of public expenditure and public financial management. For the full table of contents, or to subscribe or submit an article visit http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/dpr

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A Chinese worker in Ethiopia as part a project to help improve livelihoods in Africa initiated by China’s Ministry of Commerce

Old puzzles, new pieces: development cooperation in tomorrow’s world

Event - Conference - 14 - 15 November 2012

From the rise of China and Brazil to game changing models of global philanthropy, person-to-person giving and social impact investment, the community of actors engaged in development cooperation is evolving. While the geography of poverty is changing so too are the tools available for targeting assistance. The 2012 CAPE Conference will explore how fundamental global shifts will shape the future of development cooperation.

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