The European Union’s Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, recently presented an ‘Agenda for Change’; designed to increase the impact of EU development policy and introduce a new approach on EU budget support.
More aid contracts being won locally could boost development and job creation in partner countries, according to a new report by the European Network on Debt and Development, Eurodad.
The European Commission has published its Agenda for Change for increasing the impact of EU development policy as well as a Communication on the future of budget support. You can read it here.
As the European Commission and the Member States of the European Union are busy shaping the future of EU Budget Support, voices from civil society and developing countries call for strengthened budget support as one of the most...
Georgia, formerly part of the old United Soviet Socialist Republic, had a long history of poor tax collection until a new government took power in 2004. The new leaders introduced a radical overhaul of the tax system that combined...
Over the last ten years or so, the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica has implemented a broadly successful programme of tax reform, offering an interesting case study that stresses the importance of capacity development for long...
Raising taxes is at the heart of nation-building. Nations cannot own their development processes if a great part of the efforts behind them is funded by external agencies. Moreover, as many donors now face increasing budget...
Budget Support involves channeling finances directly into the treasury of partner countries. It’s a form of development assistance that represents an important form of assistance for international donors like the European...
Many developing countries have serious deficiencies when it comes to providing accurate, timely and accessible information on how their national budget is allocated and spent, leaving an open-door to abuse and corruption, say the...
Muchos países en desarrollo tienen serias deficiencias a la hora de proporcionar información precisa, oportuna y accesible sobre cómo se asigna y gasta su presupuesto nacional, dejando una puerta abierta al abuso y la corrupción...