Briefing Notes
We produce a regular series of Briefing Notes which 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, and offer a quick guide to OPM’s 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.
Selected Publications
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Power analysis and evaluation
Date published: 15 Dec 2008Author(s):Anne Thomson and Diana Cammack
In 2007 Oxford Policy Management undertook an evaluation for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of its development aid programme in Zambia, The terms of reference for the evaluation took as its starti...
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Do cash transfers enable the very poor to save?
Date published: 29 Oct 2008Author(s):Despite the constraints and their very vulnerable situations, there is evidence that the very poor are able to and do save. This Briefing Note focuses on social cash transfers as a means of...
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Bangladesh Social Sector Performance Surveys
Date published: 05 Aug 2008Author(s): Patrick WardOPM has recently undertaken Social Sector Performance Surveys in the Primary and Secondary Education Sectors in Bangladesh. The SSPS assesses whether public resources reach the service prov...
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Mutual accountability in aid effectiveness: International-level mechanisms
Date published: 25 Apr 2008Author(s): James Droop, Paul Isenman and Baki MlalaziIn the Paris Declaration, donors and partner countries committed to substantial changes in their behaviour. They also agreed that greater 'mutual' accountability to one another for their...
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Making Medium Term Budgets Effective
Date published: 15 Apr 2008Author(s): Alex Matheson and David HooleMany governments have tried to reform national planning and budgeting systems by installing a medium term budget framework (MTBF). Such reforms often come to nothing because the required...