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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450188903321

Titolo

Budget support [[electronic resource] ] : toward more effective aid ; recent experiences and emerging lessons / / Stefan Koeberle, Jan Walliser, Zoran Stavreski, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2006

ISBN

1-280-41374-3

9786610413744

0-8213-6464-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (538 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KoeberleStefan <1965->

WalliserJan

StavreskiZoran

Disciplina

338.9109172/4

Soggetti

Economic assistance - Developing countries

Budget - Developing countries

Economic development - Finance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Contributions discussed at the Practioners' Forum on Budget Support in May 2005 in Cape Town, South Africa, along with conclusions from a May 2005 workshop conducted by the Budget Support Working Group of the Strategic Partnership with Africa (SPA).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; FOREWORD; EDITORS' PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS AND DISCUSSANTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; PART I: INTRODUCTION; BOXES; FIGURES; TABLES; PART II: RECENT EVALUATIONS OF BUDGET SUPPORT; PART III: ALIGNING BUDGET SUPPORT WITH COUNTRY PROGRAMS; PART IV: PREDICTABILITY OF BUDGET SUPPORT; PART V: BUDGET SUPPORT COORDINATION AND CONDITIONALITY; PART VI: COUNTRY EXPERIENCES; PART VII: DONOR PERSPECTIVES ON BUDGET SUPPORT; PART VIII: PRACTIONERS' FORUM ON BUDGET SUPPORT: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES

Sommario/riassunto

Budget support has become an increasingly important instrument in the context of a partnership-based approach to development



assistance. Compared to traditional modes of aid delivery, it promises greater country ownership, reduced transaction costs, better donor coordination, scaling up of poverty reduction and potentially greater development effectiveness. This book presents a timely and valuable review of key concepts, issues, experiences and emerging lessons relevant to budget support. It provides an overview of principal characteristics, expectations and concerns related to budget support,