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1. Budget transparency in Uganda

   Opinion - Podcasts and audio - 28 August 2013

   Tim Williamson, who heads up the Budget Strengthening Initiative’s (BSI) work in Uganda and South Sudan , has over many years has worked closely with the Ugandan Government to improve the effectiveness, transparency and accountability of public financial management in Uganda.

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   Matt Andrews on the limits of institutional reform

   Opinion - Podcasts and audio - 9 August 2013

   Matt Andrews, governance expert and Associate Professor at Harvard's Kennedy School, sat down with ODI's Ryan Flynn to talk about his new book - 'The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development'.

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   To deliver on post-2015 goals, we need a data revolution in budgets too

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 12 July 2013

   The High-Level Panel has called for a data revolution to track progress towards international development targets. They were right to do so. But that’s not the only revolution that we need. If the international community is serious about ‘going to zero’ on poverty and other goals, we need to know what it will cost. Targets count for little if you can’t pay for them. And we also need to track the money to make sure it actually gets to where it is needed.

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   Localising aid: is it worth the risk?

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 1 July 2013

   Alastair McKechnie

   Donors often perceive localising aid (transferring aid to local rather than international actors) as riskier than non-localised aid. But is this perception correct? This report finds that non-localised aid may carry higher risks of programme and strategic failure.

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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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   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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   The sequencing debate is over… or is it?

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 17 August 2012

   'There seems to be an emerging consensus that advanced budget reforms should not be attempted in developing countries before budgetary basics have been soundly established. In many countries, this may well mean a focus on budgetary basics for the foreseeable future, consigning more advanced techniques to the inbox of another generation of budget officials.'

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   Laws, what are they good for?

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 14 August 2012

   'The purpose of comprehensive legal reform in a fragile state actually begins to look a lot like it would in any other country. It is a means to consolidate and lock in a lengthy reform process, once everyone involved is reasonably secure about the new rules.'

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    Better aid modalities: are we risking real results?

    Publication - Bibliography and literature reviews - 31 July 2012

    Helen Tilley and Heidi Tavakoli

    This literature review examines six research topics which explore ways to improve the effectiveness of aid modalities. It draws on discussions held during the 2011 ODI meeting series on the future of budget support.

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