Researchers: Dr Philip Amis (p.amis@bham.ac.uk), Professor Richard Batley (r.a.batley@bham.ac.uk(, Dr Mike Hubbard (m.e.v.hubbard@bham.ac.uk) and Andrew Nickson (r.a.nickson@bham.ac.uk).
Funder: UK Department for International Development (DFID)
This joint evaluation, the first of its kind, looked at the use and effectiveness of general budget support, by drawing on the experience of seven countries over ten years: Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Uganda, and Vietnam.
'An Evaluation of General Budget Support (1994-2004)' is an independent report, carried out by a consortium of consultancies led by the International Development Department of the University of Birmingham (UK) and including Mokoro, DRN, ECORYS and NCG.
It was undertaken on behalf of more than thirty donor and partner countries and was initiated and supported by the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee’s Evaluation Network.
Project aims
To evaluate the impact of general budget support in reducing poverty in Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Uganda and Vietnam.
Outputs
Please visit the OECD-DAC website and view all the final outputs.