Funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), UK through its Governance and Transparency Fund, the Strengthening Institutions program is a joint effort of the Global Development Network and the Results for Development Institute.  The program aims to strengthen the analytical underpinnings of the policy debates around public expenditure priorities in developing countries by providing technical and financial support to fifteen emerging think tanks worldwide to conduct analyses of spending in the health, education, and water sectors.

The Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP) strengthens the capacity of independent monitoring organizations (IMOs) in low- and middle-income countries to promote improvements in social sector public spending and better hold their governments accountable for expenditure decisions and actions. The core of TAP is a competitive small grants program that enables participating IMOs to complete original analytical and advocacy work on a specific topic in public expenditures in their country.