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ODI Opinions Reforming public financial management when the politics aren’t right: A proposal. Edward Hedger and Zainab Kizilbash Agha, November 2007.
Budget reform at sector level: All bark and no bite? Zainab Kizilbash Agha, November 2007.
Voice in international institutions. Simon Burall and Lauren Phillips, May 2007. Commissioned for the high level forum 'Africa after the Africa Commission: What priorities for the German G8?'
Aid effectiveness and absorptive capacity: Which way aid reform and accountability? Paolo de Renzio, May 2007. Commissioned for the high level forum 'Africa after the Africa Commission: What priorities for the German G8?'
How to move forward on Governance and Corruption. Verena Fritz, July 2006
Changing Course in Latin America: Reconciling Democracy and the Market. Alina Rocha Menocal, April 2006
The primacy of domestic politics and the dilemmas of aid: what can donors do in Ethiopia and Uganda? Paolo de Renzio, February 2006
Aid to Africa: More doesn't have to mean worse. David Booth, Jun 2005
Power to Consumers? A Bottom-up Approach to Aid Reform. Paolo de Renzio and Andrew Rogerson, May 2005
The Seven Habits of Effective Aid: Best Practices, Challenges and Open Questions. Andrew Rogerson and Paolo de Renzio, Jan 2005
Can more aid be spent in Africa? Paolo de Renzio, January 2005
Giving, forgiving, and taking back: why continue to make soft loans to very poor countries? Andrew Rogerson, January 2005
Aid: what's next? Andrew Rogerson and Simon Maxwell, September 2004 International Financing Facility. Andrew Rogerson, April 2004
Budgets not projects: a new way of doing business for aid donors David Booth, February 2004 top
ODI Briefing Papers Budget Support to Ghana: A risk worth taking? ODI and CDD-GHANA, July 2007
Budget monitoring and policy influence Paolo de Renzio (ODI) and Warren Krafchik (The International Budget Project) Also available in Russian What would doubling aid do for macroeconomic management in Africa. Mick Foster and Tony Killick, April 2006 Promoting mutual accountability in aid relationships. Paolo de Renzio, April 2006
Governance, Development and Aid Effectiveness: A quick guide to complex relationships, Julius Court, March 2006
Linking Policies and Budgets: Implementing Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks in a PRSP Context. Paolo de Renzio and Samantha Smith, June 2005 Scaling up versus Absorptive Capacity: Challenges and Opportunities for Reaching the MDGs in Africa. Paolo de Renzio, May 2005
Why Budgets Matter: The New Agenda of Public Expenditure Management. Paolo de Renzio, May 2004
Can we Attain the Millenium Development Goals in Education and Health through Public Expenditure and Aid? John Roberts, April 2003 Results-Oriented Public Expenditure Management: Will it Reduce Poverty Faster? Also: additional references. John Roberts, April 2003 top
ODI Working Papers WP278: Reforming the international aid architecture: Options and ways forward. Simon Burall and Simon Maxwell with Alina Rocha Menocal, October 2006 Summary and the option to buy a printed copy
WP268: Learning from experience: A review of recipient government efforts to manage donor relations and improve the quality of aid. Alina Rocha Menocal and Sarah Mulley, May 2006 WP264: What would Doubling Aid do for Macroeconomic Management in Africa? Mick Foster and Tony Killick, April 2006
WP263: The Role of Public Investment in Poverty Reduction: Theories, Evidence and Methods. Edward Anderson , Paolo de Renzio and Stephanie Levy, March 2006
WP259: Which way the future of aid? Southern civil society perspectives on current debates on reform to the international aid system. Alina Rocha Menocal, January 2006
WP256: Missing Links in the Politics of Development: Learning from the PRSP Experiment. David Booth , October 2005
WP248: Incentives for Harmonisation and Alignment in Aid Agencies Paolo de Renzio with David Booth , Andrew Rogerson and Zaza Curran June 2005
WP247: Poverty Monitoring Systems: An Analysis of Institutional Arrangements in Tanzania. David Booth , March 2005
WP235: The International Aid System 2005-2010: Forces For and Against Change. Andrew Rogerson with Adrian Hewitt and David Waldenburg, March 2004
WP216: The PRSP Initiative: Multilateral Policy Change and the Role of Research. Karin Christiansen with Ingie Hovland, 2003 WP210: Poverty Reduction Outcomes in Education and Health, Public Expenditure and Aid. John Roberts, 2003
WP209: Results-oriented Budget Practice in OECD Countries. Aidan Rose, 2003
WP208: Results-oriented Public Expenditure Management: Case Study of Ghana. Kojo Oduro, 2003 WP207: Results-oriented Expenditure Management: the Case of Burkina Faso. Sandrine Mesplé-Somps, Marie-Eurgénie Malgoubri, Jean Muguet, and Blaise Zongo, 2003 WP 206: Results-oriented Public Expenditure Management: Case Study of Mali. Marc Raffinot, Jean Muguet, Alhousseynou Touré, 2003
WP172: Good Practice in the Development of PRSP Indicators and Monitoring Systems. David Booth and Henry Lucas , 2002
WP168: How, When and Why does Poverty get Budget Priority? Poverty Reduction Strategy and Public Expenditure in Five African Countries: Synthesis Paper Mick Foster, Adrian Fozzard, Felix Naschold and Tim Conway, 2002 WP167: How, When and Why does Poverty get Budget Priority? Poverty Reduction Strategy and Public Expenditure in Mozambique. Adrian Fozzard, 2002
WP166: How, When and Why does Poverty get Budget Priority? Poverty Reduction Strategy and Public Expenditure in Malawi. Adrian Fozzard and Chauncy Simwaka, 2002
WP165: How, When and Why does Poverty get Budget Priority? Poverty Reduction Strategy and Public Expenditure in Tanzania. Felix Naschold and Adrian Fozzard, 2002 WP164: How, When and Why does Poverty get Budget Priority? Poverty Reduction Strategy and Public Expenditure in Ghana. Mick Foster and Douglas Zormelo, 2002 WP163: How, When and Why does Poverty get Budget Priority? Poverty Reduction Strategy and Public Expenditure in Uganda. Mick Foster and Peter Mijumbi, 2002
WP158: The Choice of Financial Aid Instruments. Mick Foster and Jennifer Leavy, 2001 WP157: Sector Wide Programmes and Poverty Reduction. Mick Foster and Sadie Mackintosh-Walker, 2001 WP147: The Basic Budgeting Problem: Approaches to Resource Allocation in the Public Sector and their Implications for Pro-poor Budgeting. Adrian Fozzard, 2001 WP142: The Status of Sector Wide Approaches. Adrienne Brown, Mick Foster, Andy Norton and Felix Naschold, 2000 Paper in acrobat format
WP141: Aid and Public Expenditure: A Guide. Mick Foster and Adrian Fozzard, 2000 WP140: New Approaches to Development Co-operation: What can we Learn from Experience with Implementing Sector Wide Approaches? Mick Foster, 2000 top
Not in Our Name: Democracy and Foreign Policy in the UK, London: Politico's Publishing. Simon Burall, D.Donnelly, and S. Weir, 2006 'Conditionality and IMF Flexibility' in Paloni, A. and Zanardi, M. (eds) The IMF , the World Bank and Policy Reform. London : Routledge. Tony Killick, 2006
'Does General Budget Support Work? Evidence from Tanzania ', in S. Koeberle, Z. Stavreski and J. Walliser (eds), Budget Support as More Effective Aid? , Washington , DC : World Bank. Andrew Lawson, David Booth, M. Msuya, S. Wangwe and Tim Williamson, 2006 'General Budget Support and Public Financial Management Reform: Emerging Lessons from Tanzania and Uganda', in S. Koeberle, Z. Stavreski and J. Walliser (eds), Budget Support as More Effective Aid?, Washington, DC : World Bank. Tim Williamson, 2006 '¿El enfoque sectorial o más allá? Dilemas y contradicciones de la cooperación británica', in T. Castaño and J.M. Larrú (eds), Nuevas herramientas de la cooperación al desarrollo: ¿Nuevo rol de los actores? David Booth, 2005 'Policy Autonomy and the History of British Aid to Africa', Development Policy Review , 23:6, Blackwell Publishing. Tony Killick, 2005
'Did Conditionality Streamlining Succeed?' in Koeberle, S. et al. Conditionality Revisited : Concepts , Experiences and Lessons. Washington : World Bank Tony Killick, 2005 'Don't Throw Money at Africa '. IDS Bulletin , 36(3), September. Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex Tony Killick, 2005 'Scaling Up vs. Absorptive Capacity: Challenges and Opportunities for Reaching the MDGs in Africa', IDS Bulletin , 36:3 Paolo de Renzio, 2005 Fighting Poverty in Africa : are PRSPs making a difference? David Booth (Ed.), 2003 A Review of the Trade and Poverty Content in PRSPs and Loan-Related Documents Adrian Hewitt and Ian Gillson, 2003 Online bookshop top
Other resources, including reports for donors Tales of the unexpected: PFM reform in difficult environments CAPE Conference 2007 Report December 2007 Budget support and beyond: Can the Paris Agenda on aid be delivered? CAPE Workshop 2006 Report September 2007
DFID Budget Support to Sierra Leone, 2004-07: Achievements and lessons for the future Andrew Lawson Report to DFID, August 2007
Application of the Performance Based Allocation System to Fragile States Edward Anderson, Karin Christiansen and Rowan Putman GTZ, June 2007
Joint Evaluation of Multi-Donor Budget Support to Ghana Volume I: Evaluation Results and Recommendations on Future Design and Management of Ghana MDBS Volume II: Annexes Andrew Lawson, Gyimah Boadi, Alison Evans, Ato Ghartey, Adom Ghartey, Tony Killick, Zainab Kizilbash Agha and Tim Williamson ODI and CDD-GHANA, June 2007
Taller Diálogo en Políticas - Desarrollando capacidades Reporte del taller para AECI y Fundación Carolina. Enrique Mendizabal and Alina Rocha-Menocal, March 2007. Workshop details
World Bank Incentives for Harmonisation and Alignment: Final Synthesis Report Erin Coyle and Andrew Lawson With Mike Stevens, Harry Garnett, Vutheary Kong, and Adom Ghartey Report to the World Bank, November 2006
Evaluation Network Follow-up to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness: An Options Paper, Paris: OECD DAC Network on Development Evaluation. David Booth and Alison Evans, 2006 'The future of aid: user perspectives on reform of the international aid system', in Reforming Aid Architecture , Commonwealth Finance Ministers Reference Report, 3, September, Henley Media Group and Commonwealth Secretariat. Alina Rocha Menocal with Simon Maxwell and Andrew Rogerson, 2006 CAPE workshop 2005: Aid, Budgets and Accountability Summary Paper Paolo de Renzio, July 2006 Une Arrivée et un Nouveau Départ: Partenariats au Cameroun après le Point d'Achèvement PPTE. Rapport Préliminaire de la Mission Indépendante de Suivi, Février - Mars 2006. Andrew Rogerson, Lamine Loum, Olivier Lafourcade, Mai 2006 Independent Evaluation of Rwanda's Poverty Reduction Strategy 2002-2005. Alison Evans, Laure-Helene Piron, Zaza Curran, Ruth Driscoll with Charles Twesigye-Bakwatsa and Iyadema Sezikeye J. Bosco, February 2006. Progress reviews and performance assessment in poverty-reduction strategies and budget support: A survey of current thinking and practice. Ruth Driscoll, Karin Christiansen, David Booth with Paolo de Renzio, Samantha Smith and Katarina Herneryd, May 2005.
Is the current aid architecture fit for purpose? Karin Christiansen and Andrew Rogerson, 2005. Progress reviews and performance assessment in poverty reduction strategies and budget support. Ruth Driscoll, Karin Christiansen, David Booth, 2005. Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Assessment in Mozambique. Andrew Lawson, Paolo de Renzio, Mariam Umarji, 2005
Reconciling Alignment and Performance in Budget Support Programmes: What Next? David Booth, Karin Christiansen, Paolo de Renzio, 2005 Second Generation Poverty Reduction Strategies: New Opportunities and Emerging Issues. Ruth Driscoll with Alison Evans, Development Policy Review, 2005, 23 (1). Senior Level Forum on Development Effectiveness in Fragile States: Harmonisation and Alignment in Fragile States. Karin Christiansen, 2004.
The PRSP Approach: A basic guide for CARE International. Ruth Driscoll and Karin Christiansen, 2004. Reports from multi-country study assessing the design and application of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework Overview: A Review of Experience in Implementing Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks in a PRSP Context: A Synthesis of Eight Country Studies. Malcolm Holmes and Alison Evans, 2003 Good practice guidance note: Implementing a Medium-Term Perspective to Budgeting in the Context of National Poverty Reduction Strategies Case studies: Albania Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Ghana South Africa Tanzania Rwanda Uganda Poverty Reduction Strategy Monitoring: issues from a consultant’s perspective Karin Christiansen and David Booth, 2002. PRSP Monitoring and Evaluation System Issues and Options: Draft Final Report, 2002. The Millennium Development Goals and the IDC: driving and framing the Committee’s work. Mark Poston, Tim Conway & Karin Christiansen, 2002.
”Negotiation as simultaneous equation” : building a new partnership with Africa. Simon Maxwell and Karin Christiansen. International Affairs, Vol. 78, Number 3, July 2002. What's behind the budget? Politics, rights and accountability in the budget process Andy Norton and Diane Elson (University of Essex), 2002
Combining Participatory and Survey Based Approaches to Poverty Monitoring and Analysis. Simon Appleton and David Booth, 2001.
Enterprise Development and Information and Communication Technology: Research on Innovation and Best Practice, 2001 .
Proposed Guidance on the Choices of Aid Instruments, 2001.
PRSP Institutionalisation Study: Final Report, 2001 Chapter 2: Institutionalising the PRSP Approach in Benin Chapter 3: Institutionalising the PRSP Approach in Ghana Chapter 4: Institutionalising the PRSP Approach in Kenya Chapter 5: Institutionalising the PRSP Approach in Malawi Chapter 6: Institutionalising the PRSP Approach in Mali Chapter 7: Institutionalising the PRSP Approach in Mozambique Chapter 8: Institutionalising the PRSP Approach in Rwanda Chapter 9: Institutionalising the PRSP Approach in Tanzania
Desk Study of Good Practice in the Development of PRSP Indicators and Monitoring Systems: Initial Review of PRSP Documentation, 2001
Desk Study of Good Practice in the Development of PRSP Indicators and Monitoring Systems: Final Report, 2001
Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia and the Role of NGOs: Qualitative Studies of Selected Projects 2001
Changing Approaches to Public Expenditure Management in Low-Income Aid Dependent Countries, 2001
Current issues in sector-wide approaches for health development, 2000 Tanzania study Mozambique study Uganda study Viet Nam study Cambodia study
Sector-wide approaches for health development: a review of experience, 2000 Mainstreaming Gender through Sector Wide Approaches in Education, 2000 Synthesis report Ghana case study India case study Uganda case study
Impact Assessment for Poverty Reduction (a spin-off study for Evaluation of DFID Support to Poverty Reduction), 2000.
What's Different About Agricultural SWAPs? 2000
Social Protection: new directions of donor agencies, 2000
Expenditure Framework and Partnership, 2000
New Approaches to Planning, 2000
The Millennium Development Goals and the IDC: Driving and Framing the Committee's Work - Version for Public Release
The Status of Sector Wide Approaches: Framework Paper, 2000 Participation in poverty reduction strategies: A synthesis of experience with participatory approaches to policy design, implemenation and monitoring. Published as IDS Working Paper 109 Rosemary McGee with Andy Norton, 2000
Lessons of Experience from Sector Wide Approaches, 1999
Pro-poor budgets and the role of development cooperation, 1999
Report on Discussions with the World Bank on Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, 1999
Integrating Aid into Budget Management, 1999
Linking HIPC II debt relief with poverty reduction and wider aid issues: some reflections and suggestions, 1999 top
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