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Book SynopsisThe African Development Bank commissioned four case studies on Debt Relief Initiatives, Development Assistance and Service Delivery in Ghana, Malawi, Senegal, and Uganda from the last quarter of 2006 to mid 2007. The objective of the study was to appraise the extent to which debt relief resources are being used to improve social service delivery. There is strong agreement from all four case studies that debt relief created flexibility in governments spending by playing the role of flexible and predictable budget support. In this context, governments acquired more degrees of freedom to allocate debt relief resources in line with their own objectives. In all four countries debt relief resources were more easily transformed into MDG-related spending than tied aid. The case studies had a consensus in identifying the accountability of public institutions to civil society, through community monitoring or execution of expenditures, as the most effective means of enhancing spending effectivene
Table of ContentsForeword ; Biography of Authors ; Abbreviations ; Eexecutive Summary ; 1. Introduction ; 2. From ODA to Debt Relief ; 3. The case of Ghana ; 4. The case of Malawi ; 5. The case of Senegal ; 6. The case of Uganda ; References
