Donor harmonisation and government ownership: Multi-donor budget support in Ghana

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-87

  Woll, Bettina ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ghana; Harmonisation; Multi donor budget support; Ownership; Poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSP)

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; FINANCIAL PROVISION; OWNERSHIP; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POWER RELATIONS;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 40149098550     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09578810701853215     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Abrahamsen, R. (2004) Review Essay: Poverty Reduction or Adjustment by Another Name?. Review of African Political Economy, 99, pp. 184-187.
2. Adam, C., Chambas, G., Guillaumont, P., Jeanneney, S. Guillaumont and Gunning, J. W. (2004) Performance-Based Conditionality: A European Perspective. World development, 32:6, pp. 1059-1070.
3. African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) (2002) Civil Society Participation in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Process: A Synthesis of Five Studies Conducted in Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda.AFRODAD, Harare
4. Amoako-Tuffour, J. (2001) The Growth of Public Debt in a Reforming Economy. IMF and World Bank Sponsored Structural Adjustment Programs in Africa: Ghana's Experience, 1983-1999, pp. 41-76. Ashgate, Aldershot
5. Berg, E. (1993) Rethinking Technical Cooperation: Reforms for Capacity Building in Africa, United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Africa, New York
6. Brown, D. (2004) Participation in Poverty Reduction Strategies: Democracy Strengthened or Democracy Undermined?. Participation: From Tyranny to Transformation?, Zed, London
7. Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) (2004) Ghana-Denmark Partnership: Strategy for Development Cooperation 2004-2008. DANIDA, Copenhagen
8. Department for International Development (DFID) (2003) DFID-Ghana Country Assistance Plan 2003-06. DFID, London
9. Foster, M. and Fozzard, A. (2000) Aid and Public Expenditure: A Guide. Overseas Development Institute, London
10. Foster, M. and Leavy, J. (2001) The Choice of Financial Aid Instruments. Overseas Development Institute, London
11. Government of Ghana (2003) Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy 2003-2005: An Agenda for Growth and Prosperity. National Development Planning Commission, Accra
12. Government of Ghana (2003) An Agenda for Growth and Prosperity-Ghana's Poverty Reduction Strategy 2003-2005: Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. National Development Planning Commission, Accra
13. Government of Ghana (2003) Millennium Development Goals Report for Ghana. National Development Planning Commission, Accra
14. Government of Ghana (2003) Implementation of the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy: 2002 Annual Progress Report. National Development Planning Commission, Accra
15. Government of Ghana (2004) Implementation of the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy: 2003 Annual Progress Report. National Development Planning Commission, Accra
16. Government of Ghana (2005) Implementation of the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy: 2004 Annual Progress Report. National Development Planning Commission, Accra
17. International Development Association and International Monetary Fund (2003) Ghana: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. World Bank Group, Washington, DC
18. Killick, T. (2001) Poverty-Reducing Institutional Change and the PRSP Process: The Ghana Case. United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki
19. Killick, T. (2004) What Drives Change in Ghana? A Political-Economy View of Economic Prospects. Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research and Cornell University, Accra
20. Lancaster, C. and Wangwe, S. (2000) Managing a Smooth Transition from Aid Dependence in Africa. Overseas Development Council and the African Economic Research Consortium, Washington, DC
21. Lawson, A. and Booth, D. (2004) Evaluation Framework for General Budget Support: Report to Management Group for the Joint Evaluation of General Budget Support. Overseas Development Institute, London
22. Nelson, J. M. (1996) Promoting Policy Reforms: The Twilight of Conditionality?. World development, 24:9, pp. 1551-1559.
23. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2003) Harmonising Donor Practices For Effective Aid Delivery: Good Practice Papers. OECD, Paris
24. Osei, R. and Quartey, P. (2001) The HIPC Initiative and Poverty Reduction in Ghana: An Assessment. Helsinki.
25. Ostrom, E., Gibson, C., Shivakumar, S. and Andersson, K. (2001) Aid, Incentives, and Sustainability: An Institutional Analysis of Development Cooperation.
26. Stewart, F. and Wang, M. (2003) Do PRSPs Empower Poor Countries and Disempower the World Bank, Or Is It the Other Way Around?.
27. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2002) From Adjustment to Poverty Reduction: What Is New?. UNCTAD, Geneva
28. United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (2003) USAID/ Ghana Country Strategic Plan 2004-2010: Empowering Ghanaians Through Partnerships to Build a Prosperous Nation. USAID, Washington, DC
29. United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (2004) Financial Year 2005 Budget Justification to the Congress. USAID, Washington, DC
30. Van de Walle, N. (2001) African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis, 1979-1999, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
31. Van de Walle, N. and Johnson, T. (1996) Improving Aid to Africa. Overseas Development Council, Washington, DC
32. Whitfield, L. (2005) Trustees of Development from Conditionality to Governance: Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers in Ghana. Journal of modern African studies, 43:4, pp. 641-664.
33. World Bank (2001) Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook, The World Bank Group, Washington, DC
34. World Bank (2001) World Development Report 2000/2001 - Attacking Poverty: Opportunity, Empowerment, and Security, Oxford University Press, New York
35. World Bank (2004) Country Assistance Strategy for Ghana 2004-2007. World Bank, Washington, DC