Publications
Publications on this page are comprised of Client Reports, OPM Briefing Notes, and Working Papers. They appear in date sequence (date added to website) with the most recent first. The five most recently added publications to this website are listed below.
Publications can all be searched by keyword e.g. client, sector, country or type of publication (e.g. briefing note) using the search box below.
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Client reports
In the course of our work, we produce a variety of reports and presentations delivered directly to our clients. Many of these reports are circulated to a wider audience or put in the public domain as part of the process of broader dissemination. Links can be found throughout our website from specific project pages directly to our outputs or to reports on our client websites.
OPM 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.
Working Papers
From time to time we produce working papers on current development issues as a means of sharing our approaches, ideas and research with the wider development community.
Selected Publications
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Mutual accountability in aid effectiveness: International-level mechanisms
(Date published: 25 Apr 2008)In 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 2008)Many 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...
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Assessing Public Financial Management systems in developing countries: what works, what doesn’t and why
(Date published: 05 Feb 2008)Public financial management (PFM) in developing countries lies at the heart of development issues. Without effective implementation through the budget process, policies will have little ...
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Reforming cash-based social assistance in Serbia
(Date published: 20 Sep 2007)The Republic of Serbia has an advanced and complex system of social assistance and child protection. Although there are more than 20 different social assistance programmes, two of the most important cash ben...
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The decline in public spending to agriculture – does it matter?
(Date published: 06 Jun 2007)For many developing countries, agriculture is the major contributor to GDP and employment. Case studies in Africa suggest that spending on agriculture has positive growth and poverty reduction effects....