The main objective of this evaluation is to assess to what extent the General Budget Support (GBS) and Sector Budget Support (SBS) in Uganda contributed to the expected results by giving means to the partner government to implement its national / sector strategies, and to enhance the efficiency...

This note briefly outlines key public expenditure policy issues facing Russia today. Dramatic changes have taken place on the public expenditure landscape since the start of transition. In the first year after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, total recorded public expenditures captured over...

The ability of low-income countries to productively absorb large amounts of external assistance is a central issue for efforts to scale-up aid. This paper examines absorptive capacity in the context of MDG-based development programmes in low-income countries. It first defines absorptive...

This paper examines the macroeconomic and structural constraints to scaling up aid flows to developing countries to meet the Millennium Development Goals in 2015, including infrastructure, competitiveness and the real exchange rate, labour markets, fiscal constraints, governance, and aid...