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Comparative Report on Public Administration in EU Eastern Partner Countries - Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
Europe and CIS, Public Administration, Report, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyThis report attempts a systematic presentation of the public administration reforms (PAR) in the EU Eastern Partnership countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Its objective is to create a meaningful measurement tool for PAR in the ENP/EaP policy framework, specifically the Public Administration Reform Panel under the EaP thematic Platform 1 “Democracy, Good...
Managing future oil revenues in Ghana - an assessment of alternative allocation options
Africa, Public Administration, Report, Academic/Think TankContemporary policy debates on the macroeconomics of resource booms often concentrate on the short-run 'Dutch disease' effects on public expenditure, where exchange rate appreciation and competition for domestic resources causes a reduction in the competitiveness of non-oil sectors, and corruption further undermines effective spending. Such views ignore the possible...
Orçamento, Estado e Povo. Processo de Orçamento, Sociedade Civil e Transparência em Angola
Africa, Civil Society, Corruption, Parliament, Public Administration, Report, Academic/Think TankEste estudo identifica várias deficiências no processo de orçamento em Angola. A proposta do governo não é discutida publicamente, não é preparado nenhum documento pré-orçamento, não são feitas comparações entre a despesa orçamentada e os seus resultados concretos, e não são preparados...
Program evaluation of agricultural input subsidies in Malawi using treatment effects: methods and practicability based on propensity scores
Africa, Land Governance, Public Administration, Report, Academic/Think TankThe study evaluates the impact of two agricultural input subsidies in Malawi during the 2003/04 and 2006/07 production periods on household income. The study employs quasi-experimental econometric techniques that use propensity score matching to control for selection bias on beneficiaries. A household model for each dataset is estimated together with Average Treatment Effects on the...
'Opitanha' revisited. Assessing the implications of PARPA II in rural northern Mozambique 2006-2009
Africa, Governance and MDG, Public Administration, Report, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyThis report is part of a larger exercise of monitoring and evaluating Mozambique’s poverty reduction strategy, focussing on three districts in Mozambique and using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. It analyses the constitution and dynamics of poverty and well-being in the rural district of Murrupula, in Nampula Province, by revisiting four local communities and a total...
Indicadores del Estado de la Educación en Centroamérica y La República Dominicana, con Especial Atención a las Líneas del Programa de Mejora de la Calidad Educativa
Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Report, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyLa Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional tomó la decisión de realizar un programa regional de cooperación en el campo de la educación en Centroamérica y la República Dominicana. Siguiendo un proceso de consulta con los Ministerios de Educación a una propuesta preliminar de la AECI, se definieron las cuatro líneas de...
International Journal of Governmental Financial Management
Corruption, Public Administration, Report, Academic/Think TankThe first issue, for 2010, of the International Journal of Governmental Financial Management is now available for download. As usual the Journal covers a wide range of issue relating to public financial management especially in developing countries. The first paper provides an insightful critique of the draft conceptual framework recently issued by the International Public Sector Accounting...
Guía de indicadores de buen gobierno en las entidades federativas
Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Report, Academic/Think Tank, GovernmentVery little is known about how state governments function and are organized. Even basic information about human resources, financial management and internal controls is scarce. This lack of information represents a huge obstacle for research, but it is also a big limitation for any reform effort, since the inputs for a proper diagnosis are lacking. This paper offers a guide of 35 good...
Reducing Risks of Reporting Corruption: Lessons from an Online Reporting System in Kenya
Africa, Civil Society, Conflict, Corruption, E-Governance, Human Rights, Media, Public Administration, Report, Academic/Think TankThis Practice Insight (2010:4) from the U4 Anti Corruption Resource Centre notes that Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Commission has adapted an online tool to improve the quality and quantity of reports it receives about corruption, providing anonymous communication with the informants. While clearly an important channel for leads on grand corruption cases especially, the implementation...
Segundo Estado de la Educación Costarricense: indicadores básicos de la educación superior costarricense en el año 2007, aporte especial
Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Report, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyEn el Primer Informe Estado de la Educación se identificó un importante vacío de información sobre la educación superior costarricense. Cuando éste se publicó se carecía de datos básicos, tales como una estimación confiable de la matrícula universitaria, pese a que, evidentemente, conocer las dimensiones y el...