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The Economics of Nature

Article
Voices & Views

In this week's Voices & Views Pavan Sukhdev, the founder of Green Initiatives for a Smart Tomorrow (GIST) Advisory speaks to capacity4dev.eu about the economics of biodiversity.

Worldwide
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Budget support
Climate change & disaster risks
+3
Economics & Public Finance
Environment & green economy
Forests

Main Lessons from Evaluating Budget Support to Tanzania

Article
Voices & Views

A Joint Evaluation of Budget Support to Tanzania from 2005/06 to 2011/12 was completed earlier this year, with the results discussed this month in Brussels. While the general consensus is that its use has been positive, showing...

Africa
Tanzania
Budget support
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Economics & Public Finance
+1
Monitoring & Evaluation

Latin American Countries Praise PEFA

Article
Voices & Views

The Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Framework (PEFA) has been praised as a useful tool to underpin Public Finance Management (PFM) reforms by representatives of Latin American countries at a recent seminar in...

Americas & the Caribbean
Budget support
Capacity Development
Economics & Public Finance
+3
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning

Explaining the New Guidelines for Budget Support

Article
Voices & Views

Budget Support comprises around 20% of the European Union’s aid to partner countries, with 125 ongoing operations in more than 80 countries. New Guidelines provide improved levels of safety and transparency in its application.

Development Effectiveness
EU Internal Procedures
Budget support
+1
Economics & Public Finance

Policy Dialogue in Practice, an Example from Cambodia

Article
Voices & Views

How is Policy Dialogue put into practice in the education sector in Cambodia? What’s working, what isn’t? How has it been strengthened? And how effective is it, taking the example of dialogue about budget allocation to education?

Asia
Cambodia
Budget support
Economics & Public Finance
Education

Extending Budget Support to Civil Society - Part 2: An Example from Ecuador

Article
Voices & Views

In the second part of a series on how Sector Budget Support can extend to Civil Society and what can be achieved, Dominique Wauters, Head of Cooperation in the regionalised EU Delegation of Quito, Ecuador, shares his experience of...

Americas & the Caribbean
Ecuador
Budget support
Civil Society
Economics & Public Finance
+1
Education

Extending Budget Support to Civil Society - Part 1: An Example from South Africa

Article
Voices & Views

How can Sector Budget Support embrace Civil Society and what can be achieved? How can such support offer an effective way to strengthen sector capacity and governance? In this first of a two-part series on capacity4dev.eu, Jozet...

Africa
South Africa
Budget support
Civil Society
Economics & Public Finance
+2
Justice & rule of law
Peace and Security

The EU Delegation to Zambia’s Experience of Using Political Economy Analysis

Article
Voices & Views

Over the past couple of years a number of donor agencies have adopted Political Economy Analysis tools to assist development practice. The European Union Delegation to Zambia recently carried out two pilot political economy...

Africa
Zambia
Development Effectiveness
Budget support
Capacity Development
+4
Economics & Public Finance
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning

Budget Support Can't Buy Reform But It Can Support It

Article
Voices & Views

Several European Commission evaluations confirm that Budget Support can be a useful instrument to support policy implementation and reforms in developing countries. But it can only contribute to positive change, experts warn, if...

Budget support
Capacity Development
Economics & Public Finance
+3
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning

Attendees Prepare for the EU Development Days 2011

Article
Voices & Views

Some 1,000 development practitioners, policy makers and representatives from donor and partner countries are arriving in Warsaw, Poland, for this year's European Development Days on the 15 and 16 December 2011.

Development Effectiveness
Budget support
Capacity Development
+4
Democracy
Economics & Public Finance
Knowledge Management
Learning