Rebecca Simson

Research Officer, Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure

Rebecca joined ODI in January 2012 as a Research Officer after more than six years of development work experience in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Uganda. Prior to joining ODI she worked as an economist for the International Growth Centre in Sierra Leone focusing on private sector development and export promotion. Between 2007 and 2010 she worked for the World Bank in Liberia and Uganda on economic management and public sector reform issues, including extensive work on budget support operations. She has also previously worked as a grants manager for the International Rescue Committee, an NGO focusing on humanitarian crises and post-conflict recovery.

Rebecca has an MSc in Economic History from LSE and a BA in History from Princeton University.

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The flip side of the coin: accountability as a precondition for meaningful budget transparency

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 28 June 2013

'The transparency debate has taken a wrong-turn in the assumption that published budget information is a precondition for state accountability to citizens.'

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Does technical assistance need a makeover?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 28 June 2013

'Inserting foreign advisers into governments is more about facilitating a donor project than resolving broader problems within the public sector. Is it time for a change?'

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Unblocking results: can aid get public services flowing?

Event - Public event - 3 June 2013 12:30 - 14:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

This event will explore the findings and policy implications of the latest ODI research on how aid can be best packaged to support governance and institutional development. The research draws on case studies in Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.

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Unblocking results: using aid to address governance constraints in public service delivery

Publication - Research reports and studies - 29 May 2013

Heidi Tavakoli, Rebecca Simson and Helen Tilley with David Booth

How can aid better support developing country governments to delivery public services? This report proposes a new way to deliver aid that strengthens incentives for performance in the public sector.

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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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