Tools to Improve the Quality of Public Expenditures and the Role of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the Process
Over the past 30 years, the World Bank and IMF have developed a variety of tools to analyze public spending policies. With the development in low- and middle-income countries of democratic institutions and civil society organizations like think tanks and advocacy groups, we may soon be at a tipping point at which use of these tools along with domestic advocacy pushes countries to stronger reform agendas.
On June 19, the Transparency and Accountability Project (TAP) hosted a forum that brings these elements together. The forum begin with an overview of public expenditure issues and tools; with presentations by organizations of new work TAP has supported; and concluded with lessons and observations on how governments, donors and CSOs could work together to improve the quality of public spending. The forum included five panel discussions led by experts in this field. Thirteen civil society organizations doing this kind of analytical and advocacy work were be represented on the program and in the audience.
Agenda
Introduction
David de Ferranti
Former Brookings Expert
Moderators
David de Ferranti
Former Brookings Expert
Doris Voorbraak
Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, World Bank
James Brumby
Lead Public Sector Specialist, World Bank
Vinod Vyasulu
Founder and Director, Center for Budget and Policy Studies, Bangalore, India
Kai Kaiser
Senior Economist, World Bank
Panelists
Anil Deolalikar
Professor of Economics, University of California, Riverside
Maureen Lewis
Adviser, Human Development Vice Presidency, World Bank
Bill Savedoff
Economist, Social Insight
Amanda Glassman
Former Brookings Expert
Chief Operating Officer and Senior Fellow - Center for Global Development
Vivek Ramkumar
Program Manager, International Budget Project
Presenters
Anand Rajaram
Sector Manager, Africa Public Sector Reform and Capacity, World Bank
Bill Dorotinsky
Lead Public Sector Specialist, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, World Bank
Ritva S. Reinikka
Director Social & Economic Development Group, Middle East and Northern Africa Regional Office, World Bank
Mario Cuevas
Director of Research in Finance and Social Development, National Center for Economic Research, Guatemala
Joseph Asunka
Former Research and Program Officer
Betty Alvarado
Research Associate, Research Center at the University of the Pacific, Peru
Fatmir Memaj
President, Albanian Socio-Economic Think Tank
Chinyere Bun
Research Associate, Results for Development
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