Uganda's virtual poverty fund : pro-poor spending reform (English)

The provision of debt relief to Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPCs) commencing in the late 1990s, and the growing interest among donors in providing direct budget support, increased donor focus on national budget systems. Given that debt relief and aid resources are fungible, donors were concerned that such debt relief be verifiably used to benefit the poor in the recipient country. In effect, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

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Tim Williamson;

Canagarajah,Roy S.;
Document Date
2008/03/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
43849
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Uganda,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2008/05/27
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Uganda's virtual poverty fund : pro-poor spending reform
Keywords
budget allocation

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Tim Williamson; Canagarajah,Roy S..

Uganda's virtual poverty fund : pro-poor spending reform (English). Africa Region findings ; no. 288 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/577071468110952693

Uganda's virtual poverty fund : pro-poor spending reform (English)

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