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Aid, Budgets and Accountability: A Survey Article

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This article surveys the recent literature relating to the rationale for scaling up aid and improving its effectiveness. Modalities such as General Budget Support (GBS) are being introduced to increase country ownership and strengthen budget systems and domestic accountability. However, recent assessments of GBS programmes and Public Financial Management (PFM) reforms highlight a number of shortcomings which call into question the role of donors in supporting institutional change. Political-economy factors are often overlooked. Moreover, in a number of countries, donors are deeply involved in core policy processes, undermining their capacity to play a more constructive role. As a consequence, the strengthening of domestic accountability remains an elusive objective. Copyright 2006 Overseas Development Institute.

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  • Paolo de Renzio, 2006. "Aid, Budgets and Accountability: A Survey Article," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 24(6), pages 627-645, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:devpol:v:24:y:2006:i:6:p:627-645
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    1. Haley J. Swedlund & Malte Lierl, 2020. "The rise and fall of budget support: Ownership, bargaining and donor commitment problems in foreign aid," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 38(S1), pages 50-69, May.
    2. Rosemary McGee, 2013. "Aid Transparency and Accountability: ‘Build It and They'll Come’?," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 31, pages 107-124, July.
    3. Hopper, Trevor & Lassou, Philippe & Soobaroyen, Teerooven, 2017. "Globalisation, accounting and developing countries," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 125-148.
    4. Klingebiel, Stephan & Leiderer, Stefan & Schmidt, Petra, 2007. "Wie wirksam sind neue Modalitäten der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit? Erste Erfahrungen mit Programme-Based Approaches (PBAs)," IDOS Discussion Papers 7/2007, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
    5. Matthew Dornan, 2017. "How new is the ‘new’ conditionality? Recipient perspectives on aid, country ownership and policy reform," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 35, pages 46-63, July.
    6. Stephen Brown, 2016. "Putting Paris into practice: Foreign aid, national ownership, and donor alignment in Mali and Ghana," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2016-145, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    7. Lassou, Philippe J.C. & Hopper, Trevor & Ntim, Collins, 2021. "How the colonial legacy frames state audit institutions in Benin that fail to curb corruption," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    8. Martin Knoll, 2008. "Budget Support: A Reformed Approach Or Old Wine In New Skins?," UNCTAD Discussion Papers 190, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
    9. Oliveira Cruz, Valeria & McPake, Barbara, 2010. "The "aid contract" and its compensation scheme: A case study of the performance of the Ugandan health sector," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 71(7), pages 1357-1365, October.

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