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Transparency & Accountability Program

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Since its inception in 2006, the Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP) has strengthened the capacity of independent monitoring organizations (IMOs) in low- and middle-income countries to better hold their governments accountable and to promote improvements in social sector public spending and service delivery. 

 

 

 

Main Contact: 
Caroline Poirrier
Website: 
http://tap.resultsfordevelopment.org
Funder: 
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Caroline Poirrier
Courtney Heck
Courtney Tolmie
Nicholas Burnett

From the Ground Up: Improving Government Performance with Independent Monitoring Organizations

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From the Ground Up argues that the international community’s efforts to improve public expenditure and budget execution decisions would be more effective if done in collaboration with local independent monitoring organizations.

From the Ground Up argues that the international community’s efforts to improve public expenditure and budget execution decisions would be more effective if done in collaboration with local independent monitoring organizations.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Year Published: 
2010
R4D Author(s): 
Courtney Tolmie
Author(s): 
Dr. Stephen Kosack, Charles C. Griffin
Funder(s): 
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

“Strengthening Institutions” country partners convene in Prague to present research on public expenditure accountability

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13 January, 2010

As part of efforts to build international benchmarks for the quality of public spending and promote informed decisions on resource allocations in developing countries, the Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP) and Global Development Network co-hosted the first peer review workshop for the Strengthening Institutions program in Prague on January 13th-15th.

Connected Expert(s): 
Courtney Heck
Connected Expert(s): 
Courtney Tolmie
Connected Expert(s): 
Nicholas Burnett
Connected Project(s): 
Strengthening Institutions to Improve Public Expenditure Accountability

Strategic Planning in Honduras: A Case Study

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A case study focusing on the implementation of the World Bank's Strategy and Action Plan Self-Assessment Tool (SAT) in Honduras.

This short case study description evaluates the implementation of the World Bank's Strategy and Action Plan Self-Assesment Tool (SAT). The SAT is used by countries and consultants to evaluate the National Strategic Plans (NSP) for AIDS. These plans detail the interventions and programs that will be funded for a five year period.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2009
Main Contact: 
Kira Thorien
Author(s): 
Eric Gaillard, Rosalía Rodriguez‐García, Marcelo Bortman
Funder(s): 
UNAIDS
Connected Project: 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Attached Publications & Resources: 
application/pdf iconStrategic Planning in Honduras.pdf

Effective and Transparent Governance of Public Expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean

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This book seeks out, areas in which governments could focus to improve the quality public expenditures. It seeks to identify cross-cutting strengths and weaknesses of public financial management and procurement systems and the characteristics of, and lessons learned from reform programs.

This book seeks out, based on a sample of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, areas in which governments could focus to improve the quality public expenditures. It seeks to identify cross-cutting strengths and weaknesses of public financial management and procurement systems and the characteristics of, and lessons that can be learned from reform programs.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2009
Main Contact: 
Courtney Heck
Author(s): 
Omowunmi Ladipo, Alfonso Sanchez and Jamil Sopher
Funder(s): 
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Link to Publication-Resource: 
Go to resource
Attached Publications & Resources: 
application/pdf iconEffective-and-Transparent-Governance-of-Public-Expenditures-in-LAC-pdf.pdf

Strengthening Institutions to Improve Public Expenditure Accountability

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The Strengthening Institutions Program, a joint program of the Global Development Network and R4D, aims to strengthen policy debates around public expenditure issues in developing countries by providing support to emerging think tanks to conduct analyses of spending in the health, education, and water sectors.

 

Main Contact: 
Caroline Poirrier
Website: 
http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=dfid_funded_project
Funder: 
Department for International Development (UK)
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Caroline Poirrier
Courtney Heck
Courtney Tolmie

The Politics of the AUGE Health Reform in Chile: A Case Study

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In 2008, Bitran y Asociados developed a case study for the Ministerial Leadership Initiative about the politics of the AUGE health reform in Chile. The case outlines the efforts undertaken by policymakers to secure political approval of an ambitious reform seeking to grant explicit health guarantees to the country’s entire population.

In late 2008, Bitran y Asociados developed a case study for the Ministerial Leadership Initiative about the politics of the AUGE health reform in Chile. The case outlines the efforts undertaken by policymakers to secure political approval of an ambitious reform seeking to grant explicit health guarantees to the country’s entire population. In November of 2008, Ricardo Bitran presented the case to a broad audience of health ministers from around the world at the Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health in Bamako, Mali.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Tools
Main Contact: 
Alison Ion
Author(s): 
Bitran y Asociados
Connected Project: 
The Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health
Attached Publications & Resources: 
application/msword iconCase study.doc
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