Briefing Notes
We produce a regular series of Briefing Notes that are reviews of key findings and lessons learned from completed or ongoing projects, or thought-pieces on important debates in development. They are concise, focused and to-the-point, offering a quick guide to OPM work and intellectual contributions. OPM Briefing Notes are aimed at a wide audience, including policy makers (in both donor and recipient countries), policy analysts, and researchers.
OPM Briefing Notes (online) ISSN 2042-0595
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Selected Publications
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Cash Budgeting: Sub-Saharan Experience and Lessons for Zimbabwe
Date published: 26 Feb 2010Author(s):and
Zimbabwe is emerging from a period of macroeconomic instability, and has adopted cash budgeting to manage prevailing revenue uncertainty. This briefing note examines the experience with cash budgeting in thr...
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Comparing quantitative results from three different methods: do they tell the same story?
Date published: 31 Jan 2010Author(s):This Briefing Note explores the experience from two studies in the Maldives and in Jamaica. In both studies a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was used, linked by a scorecard approach. By ...
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Are statistics the orphans of aid effectiveness? Supporting statistics to strengthen rather than dilute results management
Date published: 01 May 2009Author(s):Based on a 2008 study on the effectiveness of donor support to statistical capacity building (SCB), in the context of Paris Declaration Commitments to managing for development results, this...
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Assessing social care services for children
Date published: 01 Apr 2009Author(s):The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) declares that, ‘the child, for the full and harmonious development of his or her personality, should grow up in a family...
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The 2009 Crisis and the Developing Countries
Date published: 04 Mar 2009Author(s):The financial crisis that began in Western countries in 2007 now impacts the financial systems of most other countries and has precipitated real-economy recessions globally, including in developing countries...