Putting Aid On Budget
The purpose of study is "to better equip governments to lead processes for bringing aid on budget", recognising that progress requires action by both governments and donors, with joint monitoring of progress and mutual accountability for the underlying Paris Declaration commitments. The study is particularly intended to help Sub-Saharan countries which receive substantial aid flows. However its scope is broader. It is one of the first attempts to examine the issue of putting aid on budget in a more systematic way, drawing on evidence from a wide range of countries.
This study was commissioned by Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI) and the Strategic Partnership with Africa (SPA) and financed by DFID with additional support from JICA (Literature Review).
The study involves: a literature review of existing good practice, a study of country practices in at least ten African countries (with outputs of 5 in-depth country case studies – Ghana, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda – and 5 country background working papers – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania) and the preparation of a Synthesis Report and a Good Practice Note based on the research results.
The study has been conducted in collaboration with Senior Budget Officials in each study country, in order to maximise relevance and ownership of the findings. The Inception Report [French version] provides further information on the study methodology and purpose.
| The discussion draft of the Good Practice Note is available [here]. Mokoro welcomes feedback on this discussion draft. The Good Practice Note will be finalised in April. |
The other study outputs are now final and available here:
Synthesis Report (April 2008) [word] [pdf] and Annexes [word] [pdf]
"Synthesis Report Correction Paper 7 May 2008" [pdf]
The free-standing Literature Review (March 2008) [word] [pdf] [French] [Portuguese]. The Literature Review covers existing good practice documents and existing aid agency policies in more depth, and (as an additional element) to scan additional countries for evidence of lessons learned about putting aid on budget:
Full Country Case Studies (April 2008) :
- Ghana Case Study (Mary Betley) [word] [pdf]
- Mali Case Study (Mary Betley) [word] [pdf] [French]
- Mozambique Case Study (Alex Warren-Rodriguez) [word] [pdf]
- Rwanda Case Study (Mailan Chiche) [word] [pdf]
- Uganda Case Study (Tim Williamson) [word] [pdf]
Background Working Papers (April 2008):
The following countries were studied less intensively. Findings are included in the Synthesis Report, but the following working papers are informal and will not be published separately.
- Burkina Faso (Piet Lanser-ECORYS) [word] [pdf] [French]
- Ethiopia (Rupert Bladon-HELM) [word] [pdf]
- Kenya (Alta Főlscher) [word] [pdf]
- South Africa (Alta Főlscher) [word] [pdf]
- Tanzania (Alta Főlscher) [word] [pdf]
Further information on the study is available from the Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI) website: www.africa-sbo.org/cabri/index.php?page=Studies
The project was undertaken by a Mokoro team led by Stephen Lister.
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