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How transparent are government budgets around the world?
The Open Budget Survey seeks to provide government officials, legislators, development practitioners, civil society organizations, journalists, and ...
The right to health: assessing countries' health systems
60 years ago the Universal Declaration of Human Rights laid the foundations for the right to the highest attainable standard of health. This right ...
Assessing public expenditure and financial accountability
This paper analyses the results of 57 Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessments. It is a comparative cross-country performance ...
Automating cash transfer payments in Africa
Delivery of cash transfers typically involves a compromise between the cost of reaching recipients literally at the door of their homes, and the ...
Tool for analysing vulnerability
Effective adaptation is based on a solid understanding of vulnerability to climate change. The impacts of climate change affect people differently based ...
Governance assessments and domestic accountability: how can donors aid the process?
This paper follows on from recently completed research that investigated the impact of donor harmonisation on domestic processes of democratisation. ...
Haiti: still in debt
Although the G7 nations have written off Haiti's debt, the country is facing increased levels of debt as creditors offer new loans to ...
Corruption and aid: analysing donor approaches
Corruption is the abuse of public office or entrusted power for private gain. This paper looks at the linkages between good governance, new aid modalities ...
Reinforcing mechanisms and processes for mutual accountability
One key thematic focus area for the UN Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) in assessment of trends in development cooperation is reinforcing mutual ...
Towards better country governance assessment
Good governance is to be found where states are capable, accountable and responsive. Subsequently support for it needs to be put at the centre of the ...
Rethinking social protection practices
Has social protection in sub-Saharan Africa lost its way? Many countries now have social protection strategies. Emergency cash transfers have displaced ...
How can donors best support parliaments?
The legislature is the crux of democracy because a strong parliament signifies a healthy democracy and good governance. As a result, donor agencies have ...
Assessing governance in Nepal
While a period of uncertainty has ended in Nepal, a new period of uncertainty has begun wherein there is a lack of clarity on how the move to frame ...
Arguing the case for improved quality and quantity of aid
Recent critics of aid programmes have argued that aid is in fact the key cause of economic dependency, lack of growth, corruption, and even laziness amongst ...
Progressing towards the MDGs?: improving Pacific government effectiveness
Achieving effective and accountable governance is essential for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This report addresses development ...
Aid and governance: time for a radical re-think?
Prescriptive donor aid practices have long caused consternation amongst development researchers and practitioners. The aid effectiveness agenda sought ...
A civil society guide to monitoring budgetary processes
The past decade has witnessed an increase in interest among citizens and civil society around the world in getting involved in budget issues through analysis, ...
How best can citizens' voice and accountability be supported?
Quality of governance is one of the major factors affecting development prospects of poor countries. Citizen's Voice and government accountability ...
The problem of illegitimate debt in the developing world
Despite multilateral initiatives such as the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative the world's ...
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