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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783587703321

Titolo

Budget support as more effective aid? : : recent experiences and emerging lessons / / edited by Stefan Koeberle, Zoran Stavreski, Jan Walliser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2006

ISBN

1-280-41374-3

9786610413744

0-8213-6464-2

Descrizione fisica

xxv, 508 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

KoeberleStefan <1965->

WalliserJan

StavreskiZoran

Disciplina

338.9109172/4

Soggetti

Economic assistance - Developing countries

Budget - Developing countries

Economic development - Finance

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,

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779527603321

Titolo

The presidential leadership dilemma [[electronic resource] ] : between the Constitution and a political party / / edited by, Julia R. Azari, Lara M. Brown, and Zim G. Nwokora

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2013

ISBN

1-4384-4601-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in American constitutionalism

Altri autori (Persone)

AzariJulia R. <1979->

BrownLara M

NwokoraZim G. <1983->

Disciplina

352.23/60973

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - History - 20th century

Presidents - United States - History - 21st century

Political leadership - United States - History - 20th century

Political leadership - United States - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: a rock and a hard place: between a party and the people -- Pathways to the nomination: an analytic framework -- Presidential mandates and the leadership dilemma: William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama -- Playing for history: the reelection leadership choices of presidents -- William J. Clinton and George W. Bush -- Presidents, leverage, and significant public policy -- The base realignment and closing commission: difficult choices, electoral considerations, and the future of national leadership in a partisan age -- The paradoxes of presidential leadership in pursuing policy goals --



Taking credit and avoiding blame: the politics of rhetorical signing statements under unified and divided government -- President Obama and counterterrorism policy: when campaign promises meet governing imperatives -- Conclusion: the right choice at the right time.