Public expenditures

What determines public expenditure allocations? A review of theories, and implications for agricultural public investment

Authors
Tewodaj Mogues
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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https://www.ifpri.org/publication/what-determines-public-expenditure-allocations

This paper addresses the determinants of public expenditure policies, by reviewing theories and empirical investigations of what features explain the budget process and how the various attributes of actors—including politicians, bureaucrats, interest groups, and donors—and of institutions and political and economic governance environments affect the prioritization of public investments. It draws conclusions with regard to the determinants of agricultural public investments.

Monitoring and Assessing Targets of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and the First Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in Africa

Authors
Omilola, B., M. Yade, J. Karugia, and P. Chilonda.
Publisher
Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)
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Location
https://www.resakss.org/index.php?pdf=45168
Source / Citation
Omilola, B., M. Yade, J. Karugia, and P. Chilonda. "Monitoring and Assessing Targets of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and the First Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in Africa."  ReSAKSS Working Paper No. 31. 2010.

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) is an Africa-wide network of regional nodes supporting the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Africa-based centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), to facilitate the implement

Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa

Authors
Edited by Tewodaj Mogues, Samuel Benin
Publisher
Routledge
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http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415603676/

Whereas there is plenty of work looking at macroeconomic effect of public spending on growth and poverty in Africa as well as studies of the impact of spending or investment in one economic sector on outcomes in that sector or on broader welfare measures, this book fills a much needed gap in the research looking how the composition of public spending affects key development outcomes in the region.