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  • Performance budgeting in the Republic of Korea (English)

    In 2003, the Korean government introduced a broad package of public financial management reforms, which succeeded in integrating performance management into the budget process. The experience of performance...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83531 Document Date: December 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Park, Nowook

  • Engendering monitoring and evaluation (English)

    Despite significant progress, gender inequalities persist in all countries. These inequalities both negate fundamental human rights and present serious barriers to the achievement of national development...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 82252 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bamberger,J. Michael

  • Implementing right to information (English)

    Over the last two decades, several developing countries have adopted right to information (RTI) laws, bringing the number of countries with such laws to more than 90. But empirical evidence on how effectively...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 125050 Document Date: September 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dokeniya,Anupama

  • Public participation in the budget process in the Republic of Korea (English)

    In January 2013, the International Budget Partnership (IBP) released the latest Open Budget Survey (OBS) with a new section on public participation. The survey results are not encouraging. For the 100...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 125047 Document Date: June 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kang,Youngkyu,(Sandy) Min, Saw Young

  • Building monitoring and evaluation capacity in the Republic of Yemen (English)

    This note disseminates key lessons learned from the World Bank financed project in the Republic of Yemen, monitoring and evaluation of the poverty reduction strategy paper and reform programs, which established...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 76976 Document Date: March 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ivins,Ingrid B.,Hwang,Helena

  • The changing politics of tax policy reform in developing countries (English)

    Who shapes tax policy reform in developing countries? A wider range of political actors are beginning to exercise influence. A brief history in this report will explain who they are and how they operate.

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 125051 Document Date: February 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Moore,Mick

  • Using M&E to support performance based planning and budgeting in Indonesia (English)

    Since 2000, there has been growing interest in reforming Indonesia’s budgeting systems to promote a more performance-orientated process. Indonesia is in the initial stages of this reform. A major challenge...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 76064 Document Date: November 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ahern,Mark Eugene,Beard,Victoria A.,Benjamin,Anna Iordanova,Handini,Retno Sri

  • Establishing a national M&E system in South Africa (English)

    South Africa has a number of actors with legal or constitutional mandates for monitoring and evaluation (M&E). There has been a major shift in emphasis concerning M&E since 2009, partially stimulated by...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 76063 Document Date: September 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Goldman,Ian,Engela, Ronette,Akhalwaya, Ismail,Gasa, Nolwazi,Leon, Bernadette,Mohamed, Hassen,Phillips, Sean

  • Performance, monitoring, and evaluation in China (English)

    Amidst all the hoopla about China's rise, it is useful to remember that China is a developing country whose transition to a market economy is not yet complete, with institution building still underway...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 76065 Document Date: September 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wong,Christine P.

  • The state results-based management system of Minas Gerais, Brazil (English)

    In 2003, Minas Gerais's state government (GMG) launched an ambitious plan that gradually introduced a results focus into the public administration and led to the creation of a Results-Based Management...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 69777 Document Date: April 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Busjeet,Gita Devi

  • Conducting diagnoses of M&E systems and capacities (English)

    A diagnosis of a country's monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities is indispensable if that country is to develop projects or policy proposals to improve the impact of M&E. This note provides a guide...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 69776 Document Date: November 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shepherd, Geoffrey

  • The Mexican government’s monitoring and evaluation system (English)

    Fifteen years ago, Mexico, like most countries, had conducted a few scattered evaluations, but had not implemented systematic performance measurement. Political changes in the late 1990s generated an increased...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 104353 Document Date: October 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rubio, Gloria M.

  • New open economy industrial policy : making choices without picking winners (English)

    This note starts from the premise that policy makers invariably make mistakes, both intentional and unintentional. That requires shifting the focus from one-time choice of winners (sectors, industries...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 69815 Document Date: September 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kuznetsov,Evgeny,Sabel,Charles Frederick