Does technical assistance need a makeover?
'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?'
- 670 items
Sort by
Search results
-
-
Submission to the UK Parliament's International Development Select Committee on the future of UK development assistance.
This written submission to the UK Parliament's International Development Select Committee looked at the long term relevance of the 0.7% ODA target; the suitability of DFID’s mix of financial instruments, including its use of loans and traditional grant aid; the role of the UK as a provider of climate finance; whether the UK should establish a new, independent development finance institution to offer concessional loans; and DFID’s balance between provision of bilateral and multilateral aid. -
Overlooking the central Kumasi market at closing time in Kumasi, Ghana
License: Creative Commons
Credit: Jonathan Ernst / World Bank
Source: FlickrUK launch of the European Report on Development 2013
The authors of the European Report on Development 2013 (ERD 2013) will present some of the findings of the report, which provides a contribution to the post-2015 debate, and will put them in perspective with the recent publication of the High-Level Panel Report.
-
Parliament in Accra
Lawmakers meet during a session of Parliament in Accra
License: Creative Commons
Credit: Flickr/World Bank Photo Collection
Source: FlickrOpen budgets: the political economy of transparency, participation and accountability
This event will discuss the findings from a 3-year research project supported by the International Budget Partnership on the causes and consequences of budget transparency, summarized in a recently published book, ‘Open Budgets: The Political Economy of Transparency, Participation and Accountability’.
-
Can fiscal transparency lead to better accountability and development?
For people interested in transparency, these are very interesting times. The last few years have seen a flurry of new international initiatives aimed at promoting transparency in a variety of areas of government action. The Open Government Partnership, launched in 2011, already has over 50 member governments who have undertaken to promote transparency and openness and to allow for independent reviews of their efforts.
-
Tajikistan Parliament
License: Creative Commons
Credit: Gennadiy Ratushenko / World Bank
Source: FlickrThe limits of institutional reform in development
This event discusses Matt Andrews' new book 'The limits of institutional reforms in development' and its implications for the theory and practice of reforming public sector institutions in developing countries.
-
South Sudan nurses and midwives march in Juba to mark International Day of the Nurse
License: Creative Commons
Credit: Elizabeth Deacon
Source: IRINTurning numbers into nurses: enhancing government spending on the MDGs
This ODI, Development Finance International and Oxfam event will launch Government Spending Watch – a new database that tracks what developing country governments are spending on achieving the MDGs.
-
Special fiscal institutions for resource-rich developing economies
Natasha Sharma and Tove StraussThis paper considers the options available for resource-rich developing countries when deciding whether to implement special fiscal institutions to address some of the challenges of managing natural resource wealth. -
Linking public financial management dimensions to development priorities
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. -
The origins of modern finance ministries: an evolutionary account based on the history of Britain and Germany
381This 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.