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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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Al-Shabaab’s theft: humanitarian and security implications

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 15 August 2013

The theft of UK aid in Somalia by the militant group al-Shabaab risks provoking a set of reactionary responses. The humanitarian community must remain committed to addressing the needs of vulnerable populations.

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Unblocking results in Tanzanian rural water supply

Opinion - Podcasts and audio - 14 August 2013

“When donors are investing in the [water] sector, they need to think beyond infrastructure – it’s not a matter of counting the number of pipes and pumps which need to be bought. You must look at the social structures and institutional setups that need to be in place…to deliver the services that are actually required.”

ODI research on how governance constraints can undermine the effective delivery of public services in developing countries identified a number of ways aid can help to ‘unblock results’ and get services flowing.

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Literature review of property rights and development

Publication - Bibliography and literature reviews - 13 August 2013

Anna Locke, Giles Henley, Nathaniel Mason, Peter Newborne, Pilar Domingo, Michael Mattingly

This study aims to look at the state of evidence on the link between secure property rights and development, with an emphasis on recent evidence in African countries, and identify where there are significant gaps that need to be plugged by further research.

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Labour mobility in East Africa: an analysis of the East African Community's common market and the free movement of workers

Publication - Journal articles or issues - 12 August 2013

Development Policy Review Vol. 31, iss. 2

Yurendra Basnett

This article looks at the East African Community's Common Market Protocol of July 2010 and argues that there are contradictions and inconsistencies in its implementation. For the full table of contents, or to subscribe or submit an article visit http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/dpr

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Rethinking trade preferences for sub-Saharan Africa: how can trade in tasks be the potential lifeline?

Publication - Journal articles or issues - 12 August 2013

Development Policy Review Vol. 31, iss 4

Jodie Keane

This article looks at how different approaches towards making use of trade preferences have resulted in divergent industrial structures and firm-level technological capability indicators. For the full table of contents, or to subscribe or submit an article visit http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/dpr

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The affordability of social protection in the light of international spending commitments

Publication - Journal articles or issues - 12 August 2013

Development Policy Review Vol. 31, iss. 4

Jessica Hagen-Zanker, Anna McCord

In this article, Jessica Hagen Zanker and Anna McCord analyse social protection affordability by comparing target spending levels with actual government expenditure in five African countries. They find that meeting any of the sectoral targets in full would require either sectoral trade-offs, or significant increases in donor or government expenditure.

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Cash transfers: good governance and accountability in short supply

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 8 August 2013

Cash transfers are very popular way of improving social protection, with a proven track record of reducing poverty at household level and increasing access to basic services around the world. But despite generally positive results, there's been little research done on how they affect household and community dynamics, or on their impacts on marginalised groups such as women, youth, the elderly and people with disabilities.

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Rethinking trade preferences for Sub-Saharan Africa: how can trade in tasks be the potential lifeline?

Publication - Journal articles or issues - 31 July 2013

Development Policy Review Volume 31, Issue 4, pages 443–462, July 2013

Jodie Keane

This article from the Development Policy Review is a discussion on assisting countries to make use of trade preferences, focusing on hard infrastructure to facilitate external economies from modern-sector exports.