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Why State Building is not working in DR Congo
(Oct 03 2010)
At a recent debate at the European Commission's EuropeAid headquarters, Theodore Trefon, who is also a contributor and editor of the 2005 book, "Reinventing Order in the Congo", sparked a lively debate with his hard-hitting assessment of donor short-comings in Africa's largest nation.
In his 13 May...
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Public Administration Reform in Morocco
(Oct 03 2010)
The government of Morocco is engaged in an ambitious programme of public sector reform. Some eight years into the programme, experience shows that such reform is time consuming and requires cross-ministerial support and robust regulation to be successful, writes Pierre Hennebert, E4 EuropeAid in a...
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Explaining the Complexities of Public Sector Reform
(Oct 03 2010)
Can the complexities and challenges of public sector reform be explained in understandable language and clear terms? Test it yourself - for this is what the new reference document produced by unit E4 in EuropeAid sets out to do.
The reference document "Public Sector Reform - An Introduction" argues...
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Strengthening Public Expenditure Management in Developing Countries
(Oct 03 2010)
Many efforts to strengthen and modernise Public Expenditure Management in developing countries risk joining a long-line of failures. But, in a new paper, expert Daniel Tommasi explains how proper PEM design and phased implementation can yield positive results.
In his paper, "Strengthening Public...
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The Challenge of Reforming Budgetary Institutions in Developing Countries
(Oct 03 2010)
In this recent provocative paper, "The Challenge of Reforming Budgetary Institutions in Developing Countries", author Richard Allen bridges an important gap in the existing literature on Public Expenditure Management, offering a thought provoking yet practical guide to help countries design and...
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The UNDP Oslo Governance Centre
(Oct 03 2010)
The UN Development Programme's Oslo Governance Centre (OGC) provides policy guidance and technical support and training on governance.
Established in 2002 as part of the global policy network for democratic governance of UNDP, the OGC offers policy guidance and technical support to the more than...
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EuropeAid Fills a Gap: Approval of the Sector Governance Approach
(Oct 03 2010)
Donors struggle to translate policies on governance to practical actions in the field. One promising avenue for improvement leads donors to pay more careful attention to governance in sectors. To help in this journey, EuropeAid has developed and published a guidance tool for its staff that has...
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Navigating the Public Finance Management Reform Literature
(Oct 03 2010)
There's a host of literature available on Public Finance Management (PFM) Reform. To better navigate what's available, the UK's Department for International Development has commissioned this Review of PFM Reform Literature.
DFID commissioned this literature review on behalf of a group of donors to...
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Decentralisation and Local Governance: Participate in a Virtual Discussion Group
(Oct 03 2010)
European Commission staff are already participating in online discussion forums and recently, a discussion group was launched on decentralisation and local governance, feeding into a workshop in Brussels in July.
"I am a task manager for local governance and civil society in A. I only arrived a...
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From Better Theory to Better Practice
(Oct 03 2010)
Donors are too cautious in rallying behind new aid modalities when implementing their Paris commitments on aid effectiveness, says David Booth and colleagues in a series of studies from the UK's Overseas Development Institute.
Undertaken at the request of Irish Aid, a consortium of research...
