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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,