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Lessons Notes on Capacity Development in Africa

h close to three decades of capacity building on the continent, ACBF in collaboration with the World Bank, has conducted a series of policy oriented studies…...
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Public Financial Management Reforms in Developing Countries: Lessons o Experience from Ghana, tanzania and Uganda

Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Integrated Financial Management Information Systems (IFMIS) are two major public expenditure management reforms…...
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AVOIDING THE RESOURCE CURSE DILEMMA: THE DISCOVERY OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS IN UGANDA, Case Study No. 8

ce 2006, Uganda has made several oil and gas discoveries and the government hopes that the development of the sector will transform Uganda from a low-income…...
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Deepening Integration in SADC: Botswana - A Benchmark for the Region

basic objective of the study was to provide a broad stock-taking of the status of the policy frameworks in Botswana, especially with the targets set out in…...
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Promoting Skills Development for Youth in Zambia: A Review of the Landscape of TEVET and Skills Development

s report provides an overview of Zambias labor market, highlights key potential sectors for future economic development and employment growth, and analyses…...
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Capacity Issues in the Formulation and Implementation of the Next Generation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers

hough economic growth is widely acknowledged to be crucial for poverty reduction and for sustaining development, efforts aimed at tackling these challenges in…...
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Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators : Methodology, Insights, and Applications

t is the appropriate level of employment in the public sector as a whole and for essential workers like public administrators, teachers, and doctors? Is the…...
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The Impact of Private Schools, School Chains, and Public-Private Partnerships in Developing Countries

should governments and donors engage with the growing private sector in education in developing countries? Enrolment in private schools now exceeds 50…...
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Transparency and Accountability in the Management of Public Funds: How sensibly must African Countries Stand?

managing their respective countries' economies, African Finance Ministers encounter a number of challenges. Principal among these is the challenge of…...
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Policy and Institutional Dimensions of Africa's Political Economy in an Age of Globalization

advent of political independence allowed most Sub-Saharan countries to determine the appropriate mix of policies and institutions that would enable them to…...