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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  1. Andrew Norton

    The UK aid budget: is this the end of the Gleneagles Consensus?

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 26 September 2012

    Over the past couple of weeks a range of commentary in the UK media has addressed the how, why, what – and particularly the ‘how much’ – of the UK aid budget. There have always been some elements of the political spectrum that were not happy with an increasing aid budget, and the change of ministerial guard provides a clear moment when this can be voiced, so arguably there is not much that’s new, or even unexpected, here.

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  2. The effects of sector characteristics on accountability relationships in service delivery

    Publication - Discussion papers - 28 August 2012
    ODI Working Papers 350
    Claire Mcloughlin with Richard Batley
    Why do different services encounter particular constraints and opportunities in their delivery? This working paper identifies a set of characteristics that can be used to differentiate between services, and between functions within them, and asks how these defining or ‘fixed’ characteristics may influence key relationships of accountability and control.
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  3. Philipp Krause

    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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  5. Alina Rocha Menocal

    The PRI’s photogenic comeback kid

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 9 July 2012
    'The success of Peña Nieto’s presidency will hinge on his ability to reach out to the population as a whole, to address emerging social demands, and to open up space for genuine and constructive dialogue that moves beyond old forms of PRI tutelage and co-optation.'
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    A note reflecting on workshop proceedings: 2nd Westminster workshop on the public accounts committee

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 1 July 2012
    Alina Rocha Menocal
    Drawing on the proceedings of the 2nd Westminster Workshop on The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), organised jointly by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) UK Branch, the National Audit Office – UK, and the Commonwealth Secretariat in March 2012,this note highlights some of the key messages that emerged from the workshop, as well as issues that need to be further explored and areas of potential fruitful engagement of the Commonwealth Secretariat to help build stronger and more effective PACs.
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  8. Alina Rocha Menocal

    A requiem for Calderón

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 18 June 2012
    'President Calderón's failure to implement needed change leaves behind a daunting legacy. There is a fundamental lack of trust and confidence in government and in the dysfunctional political process...But Mexico is still waiting for its Gorbachev, a visionary figure who is willing to take on the entrenched system. Sadly, this kind of leader is not likely to emerge come July 1, no matter who the winner is.'
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  9. Hierarchies, memberships, inclusion: institutions in an evolutionary perspective

    Event - 11 June 2012 12:15 - 13:00 (GMT+00)

    Dr Alice Sindzingre,Research Fellow at the French public agency for research (CNRS, Paris), presented her research on institutions, hierarchies and membership and the links with development in Africa and Asia.

    The event sought to explore the following:

    • What the concept of‘institution’ exactly refers to, analysing the key features of institutions, including group memberships, hierarchies, and the capacity to regulate exchange.
    • What the consequences of different types of institutions are, arguing while ‘membership’ institutions inherently lead to inequality and exclusion, social interactions may also be regulated by altruistic norms.
    • How institutions change and evolve,  explaining how institutions may get ‘trapped’ in a particular structure by self-reinforcement and may need an impersonal, autonomous, third party, for transformative change.
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