Posted by Ryan Flynn
The OverseasDevelopment Institute (ODI) is one of the UK's leading independent think tanks oninternational development and humanitarian issues. It is organizing a major conference this week: the2013 CAPE Conference: budgeting in the real world. CAPE stands for Centre for Aidand Public Expenditure, which is hosted by ODI. It aims to shape and drive theagenda for international development assistance, as well as efficient andeffective public spending for development at the country level.
The conference will focus on PFM and budgeting in developing countries. The whole two-days (13 & 14November) will be streamed live online, and questions fielded through socialmedia (#CAPE2013) will be answered by speakers and panellist. You can register to attend here.
Starting from the premise that nationalbudgets don’t always do what they say they will, the conference will grapplewith two overarching questions:
- Howdoes budgeting and public financial management really work in practice?
- Whatcan reformers do to strengthen budgets?
The line-up includes a number of substantial figuresfrom the world of PFM. The IMF’s AntoinetteSayeh, Director of AfricaDepartment and former Minister of Finance of Liberia, will be headlining, alongwith Luisa Diogo, former Prime Minister of Mozambique. AllenSchick, no stranger to this blog, and Matt Andrews will alsopresent their latest thinking.
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