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Home»Governance»Public sector management»Budgets and planning

Budgets and planning

Infrastructure Project Failures in Colombia

Helpdesk Report
  • Kasra Daheshpour,
  • Siân Herbert
October 2018

Due to poor civil engineering practices, corruption, natural disasters, the sabotage of infrastructure associated with Colombia’s armed conflict, and the politicisation of large infrastructure projects, Colombia is spending a significant amount annually on improving and rebuilding relatively new infrastructure. As the country’s population and economy continue to grow, so do its ...» more

Public procurement reform: assessing interventions aimed at improving transparency

Literature Review
  • Astrid Wake,
  • Jan Telgen,
  • Jonna van der Krift
November 2016

This Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) asks: what is the effectiveness of different interventions that aim to improve the transparency of public procurement? It also asks: What is the impact of improved procurement on accountability, anti-corruption and service delivery? Is it possible to produce key success criteria? An evidence base consisting of 48 studies, of high ...» more

Legislative oversight in public financial management

Literature Review
  • Linnea Mills,
  • Simon De Lay
October 2016

This Rapid Evidence Assessment examines the quality of the available evidence on the effectiveness of reforms aimed at improving legislative oversight to attain improved development outcomes, and summarises the available lessons from the literature. The specific research questions considered are: What is the effectiveness of the different public finance legislative ...» more

Measuring the performance of PFM systems

E-Learning
  • Reading pack
  • Paolo de Renzio
December 2015

Government budgets and their supporting systems – often referred to as Public Financial Management (PFM) systems – are one of the key tools that governments use to turn policy statements and intentions into the delivery of goods and services. In fact, much of what governments do depends on raising, borrowing and spending public resources. Interest…» more

Gender responsive budgeting

E-Learning
  • Reading pack
  • Maja Bosnic
April 2015

Gender responsive budgeting (GRB) brings together two issues that are not commonly associated with one another: gender equality and public financial management. GRB argues that gender equality principles should be incorporated into all stages of the budget process. GRB initiatives seek to improve the results of budgets in general, and gender equality and women’s empowerment…» more

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