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Mtefs and Fiscal Performance : Panel Data Evidence

Grigoli, Francesco - 2017

In the last two decades more than 120 countries have adopted a version of a Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). These are budget institutions whose rationale it is to enable the central government to make credible multi-year fiscal commitments. This paper analyzes a newly-collected dataset...

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Local Budget Transparency and Participation : Evidence from the Kyrgyz Republic

Esenaliev, Damir - 2017

The paper investigates determinants of civic participation in local budget processes in rural areas in the Kyrgyz … civic awareness and interest in local budget processes is relatively high, the participation rate in local budgeting … processes is low. The paper also shows that interest, awareness, and participation are positively associated with the age …

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An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Access in Bangladesh's Community Health Clinics

Joseph, George - 2019

conditions in health facilities. Using data collected through a census of all community health clinics in Bangladesh, this paper … presents an analysis of the state of WASH in Bangladesh's rural, public health facilities highlighting that the lack of …

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Review of International Practices for Determining Medium-Term Resource Needs of Spending Agencies

Di Francesco, Michael - 2017

This paper reviews international practices for ?bottom-up costing? for medium-term expenditure frameworks. Medium-term expenditure frameworks are important because they incorporate the multi-annual nature of the fiscal policy into the budget process, mitigating its short-term bias. They also...

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Effects of the Internet on Participation : Study of a Public Policy Referendum in Brazil

Spada, Paolo - 2017

Does online voting mobilize citizens who otherwise would not participate? During the annual participatory budgeting vote in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil -- the world's largest -- Internet voters were asked whether they would have participated had there not been an online...

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Strengthening Public Financial Management : Exploring Drivers and Effects

Fritz, Verena - 2017

This paper explores two relationships, first between country characteristics and the quality of public financial management (' drivers'), and second between the quality of public financial management systems and expected outcomes (' effects'). On the influence of country characteristics, the...

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Achieving Medium Term Expenditure Framework Reform : A Case Study of Korea

Choi, Jae Young - 2017

A medium-term expenditure framework is considered an essential element of public financial management reform, and this framework has been adopted in many countries. However, in terms of implementation in those countries, the medium-term expenditure framework continues to present a significant...

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Local Foundations for Better Governance : A Review of Ghazala Mansuri and Vijayendra Rao's Localizing Development

Myerson, Roger B. - 2017

In Localizing Development, Mansuri and Rao survey theory and evidence for development strategies based on local community empowerment. This note extends their theoretical argument by focusing on local government as a vital source of new leadership. Local leaders who provide better public service...

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Information is Power : Experimental Evidence on the Long-Run Impact of Community Based Monitoring

Bjorkman Nyqvist, Martina - 2017

This paper presents the results of two field experiments on local accountability in primary health care in Uganda. Efforts to stimulate beneficiary control, coupled with the provision of report cards on staff performance, resulted in significant improvements in health care delivery and health...

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Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation, and Voting Behavior

Baez, Javier E. - 2017

participation in the 2010 presidential elections by increasing the probability that program beneficiaries registered to vote and …

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