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Development and Public Finance

What we do

Research and advisory work on how governing bodies can best use their scarce resources to support prosperous and fairer societies.

Local Village with houses on the green hill at the Bunyonyi lake in Uganda. Credit: Dario Verdugo
This paper examines the barriers bilateral donors face in their efforts to promote locally led practices in climate adaptation, where specific commitments have been made to the Principles for Locally Led Adaptation. We examine initiatives in Uganda, drawing on interviews with three bilateral donors (the US, UK and Sweden) and Ugandan stakeholders (government, civil society, academia).

Public finance and service delivery working paper series

Past events

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BudgetByte #3: Can governments make digital payments to citizens 'smarter'?

This is the third event in the BudgetByte webinar series from ODI’s Digital Public Finance Hub that explores government capabilities to bring public finance into the digital era. The aim of the webinar is to consider the possibilities of 'smarter' payments systems to improve spending outcomes.
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Localising aid: why aren't we there yet?

This will be the second instalment in ODI's "Donors in a post-aid world" webinar series, which aims to foster dialogue based on multi-faceted evidence and inform pathways for the transformation of the Northern donor ecosystem.
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Navigating the poly-crisis: 2023 ODI Public Finance Conference

This conference examines the trade-offs facing finance ministries as they navigate the 'poly-crisis', drawing on the latest research and international experiences.
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Digital Public Finance Hub

Our team

How we work

  • Strengthening macroeconomic stability

    Supporting policy-makers, national governments and other stakeholders to make informed decisions on quality investments and strengthening institutions, while championing mechanisms to more effectively manage debt and avoid debt distress.

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  • Efficient and equitable public services

    Bringing together different communities and knowledge to improve understanding of appropriate public finance to support service delivery, and supporting policy-makers in the design and implementation of public finance policies.

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  • Building more capable bureaucracies

    Promoting sound public financial management, supporting countries’ finance ministries and reflecting on ODI’s own technical advisory work.

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  • More effective tax systems

    Understanding the ways in which governments can mobilise domestic resources in more sustainable and equitable ways, exploring the linkages between taxation and inclusive growth, and supporting the creation of evidence-based, inclusive tax policy-making processes.

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  • Using public funds to mobilise private capital

    Understanding the potential and limitations of blended finance, and supporting the development of more effective blended finance approaches, while also assessing the role and development of national development banks.

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  • Making international public finance more effective

    Building understanding of how to maximise the impact of international public finance and to reform its architecture

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Public finance and development round-ups

Latest work

  1. How likely are multilateral development banks to need callable capital? Implications for risk frameworks and lending capacity

    Working papers

  2. A model, modern Treasury? Evaluating spending controls in the UK from 1992-2015

    Event

  3. How the IDB can help the U.S. fill gaps in its great power competition in the Americas

    Insight

  4. Development Policy Review March 2024 round-up

    Insight

  5. ODI Country Partnerships

    Project

  6. Digital public finance: top trends in December 2023 and January 2024

    Insight

  7. Emerging Economies Climate Report 2023 Launch event

    Event

  8. Why aren’t we there yet? Understanding and addressing donor barriers to localisation in climate adaptation

    Working papers

  9. Political economy and (in)coherence of the education system in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

    Working papers

  10. Donors In A Post-Aid World – January 2024 update

    Insight

  11. The legal underpinnings of MDB callable capital: implications and policy options

    Working papers

  12. Localising aid: why aren't we there yet?

    Event

  13. BudgetByte #3: Can governments make digital payments to citizens 'smarter'?

    Event

  14. What do we know about health spending in sub-Saharan Africa?

    Insight

  15. Development Policy Review January 2024 round-up

    Insight

  16. Digital public finance: top trends in November 2023

    Insight

  17. Communicating taxes: a review of the literature

    Literature reviews

  18. Hedging belts, de-risking roads: Sinosure in China’s overseas finance and the evolving international response

    Research reports

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