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Case Study 2 - Porto Alegre, Brazil : Participatory Approaches in Budgeting and Public Expenditure Management
World Bank - 2012
Run by dictators for over 20 years (1964-1985), Brazil only had a democratic constitution promulgated in 1998 that allowed an already active civil society to function more freely. A country of 156 million, Brazil has been dubbed one of the most unequal, with one of the largest numbers of poor...
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Lesotho - Managing Government Finances for Growth and Poverty Reduction : Public Expenditure Management and Financial Accountability Review
World Bank - 2012
This report on managing government finances for growth and poverty reduction in Lesotho is centered on three areas of analysis: (i) macroeconomic and fiscal performance and prospects; (ii) inter and intra-sectoral allocation of resources; and (iii) public expenditure and financial management. A...
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Managing Medium-Term Fiscal Challenges
World Bank - 2014
Mexico needs a comprehensive fiscal reform to alleviate the looming medium-term pressures on its budget. This policy note contributes to the debate on Mexico's looming fiscal challenges. The country's fiscal framework, centered on the 2006 budget and fiscal responsibility law, and prudent fiscal...
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Sudan : World Bank Review of 2008 Budget Performance and 2009 Budget Preliminary Analysis
World Bank - 2013
As a follow-up to the first Public Expenditure Review (PER), this note reviews fiscal management by the Government of National Unity (GoNU) through 2008 budget performance, including pro-poor spending, and how do its main features compare to the fiscal management under the first phase of the...
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Private Sector Assessment for Health, Nutrition and Population in Bangladesh
World Bank - 2013
markets in Bangladesh, and to identify areas for increased collaboration between the government, and the private sector. While …. MCH was chosen for this emphasis in view of its importance in Bangladesh, and because MCH outcomes constitute a …
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Improved Cookstoves and Better Health in Bangladesh : Lessons from Household Energy and Sanitation Programs
World Bank - 2010
The objective of this study is to identify lessons for improving cookstoves in Bangladesh through an evaluation of …. Bangladesh's new renewable energy policy endorses creating a better environment for renewable energy technologies and promoting … market development for improved cookstoves (Government of Bangladesh 2009). This study supports this policy direction by …
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Senegal - Sustainable and Participatory Energy
World Bank - 2012
The Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management project - PROGEDE was implemented by the government between 1997 and 2004. From project preparation to supervision the World Bank worked in close collaboration with Dutch Co-operation (DGIS). At the time of project preparation, forest-based...
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Kenya : Participatory Poverty Assessment
World Bank - 2012
A Participatory Poverty Assessment (PPA) was undertaken by the World Bank in collaboration with the Government of Kenya to complement previous statistical studies of poverty in Kenya. While the PPA confirmed many findings of the Welfare Monitoring Survey (WMS), it also revealed significant new...
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Strengthening local government budgeting and accountability
Schaeffer, Michael - 2008
"In many developing and middle-income countries, decentralization reforms are promoting changes in governance structures that are reshaping the relationship between local governments and citizens. The success of these decentralization reforms depends on the existence of sound public financial...
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Haiti : public expenditure management and financial accountability review
2008
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