General Budget Support

Event Type
JICA-RI/DIE Joint Workshop

Location / Date
Tokyo, 09.11.2011

JICA Research Institute & German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

The development aid regime has long aimed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in which poverty reduction is the highest goal for aid. The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) and Paris Declaration are closely aligned to the MDGs and widely considered as the best strategies to reach these goals. Both place less emphasis on project-type assistance and more on program-type assistance, particularly on budget support programs (which are considered a major tool to attain these goals). Especially in Sub-Saharan African countries such as Tanzania, Ghana, and Zambia where the amount of Japanese support is relatively greater compared to other African partner countries, budget support is considered as the best aid modality. Accordingly, the share of budget support has been extremely large.

It is in this context that European countries, which are positive promoters of budget support, have continuously discussed the methods and effectiveness of the program. Various aid agencies and research institutions have reported these results. Few studies, however, have been done to analyze budget support comprehensively. The joint workshop on "General Budget Support” between the Japanese JICA Research Institute and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) studied budget support to provide input for future debates on aid strategy.

In Session 1, JICA-RI and Jörg Faust and Svea Koch of DIE reported on budget support from macro-level viewpoints. In Session 2, case studies were presented from Zambia by Stefan Leiderer and Tanzania by JICA-RI.

This Workshop offered an opportunity for international scholars and practitioners to have mutual and candid dialogues, producing more innovative policy implications through synergetic effects.

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