June

19
2008

9:00 am EDT - 1:00 pm EDT

Past Event

Tools to Improve the Quality of Public Expenditures and the Role of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the Process

  • Thursday, June 19, 2008

    9:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT

The Brookings Institution
Stein Room

1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC
20036

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.

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Agenda

  • June 19
    • Introduction

      DdF
      David de Ferranti Former Brookings Expert
    • Moderators

      DdF
      David de Ferranti Former Brookings Expert
      DV
      Doris Voorbraak Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, World Bank
      JB
      James Brumby Lead Public Sector Specialist, World Bank
      VV
      Vinod Vyasulu Founder and Director, Center for Budget and Policy Studies, Bangalore, India
      KK
      Kai Kaiser Senior Economist, World Bank
    • Panelists

      AD
      Anil Deolalikar Professor of Economics, University of California, Riverside
      ML
      Maureen Lewis Adviser, Human Development Vice Presidency, World Bank
      BS
      Bill Savedoff Economist, Social Insight
      Chief Operating Officer and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
      Amanda Glassman Former Brookings Expert, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Fellow - Center for Global Development
      VR
      Vivek Ramkumar Program Manager, International Budget Project
    • Presenters

      AR
      Anand Rajaram Country Director - International Growth Centre
      BD
      Bill Dorotinsky Lead Public Sector Specialist, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, World Bank
      RSR
      Ritva S. Reinikka Director Social & Economic Development Group, Middle East and Northern Africa Regional Office, World Bank
      MC
      Mario Cuevas Director of Research in Finance and Social Development, National Center for Economic Research, Guatemala
      JA
      Joseph Asunka CEO - Afrobarometer
      CT
      Courtney Tolmie
      BA
      Betty Alvarado Research Associate, Research Center at the University of the Pacific, Peru
      FM
      Fatmir Memaj President, Albanian Socio-Economic Think Tank
      CB
      Chinyere Bun Research Associate, Results for Development