The five-year GDN Global Research Project, Strengthening Institutions to Improve Public Expenditure Accountability, is implemented in technical partnership with the Results for Development Institute (R4D), Washington DC. The fundamental goal is to improve development outcomes by increasing the effectiveness with which governments allocate and use their resources in the three sectors of health, education and water. Fourteen research institutions from 14 countries have been selected to be part of the project.

An integrated independent monitoring and evaluation for the project is being undertaken by the National Opinion Research Centre, University of Chicago.

Read Concept Note and Mid-term Review.

• Building and strengthening institutional capacity for public expenditure analysis;
• Exploring the effectiveness of public service delivery in health, education and water;
• Emphasizing rigorous analysis, producing reliable public expenditure reform proposals and, thus, aiming to shape policy debates;
• Developing policy alternatives and tailored research communication and outreach in a peer-learning environment; and
• Producing internationally comparable information on public expenditure.

The project is fully supported by the Department for International Development (DFID), UK through its Governance and Transparency Fund (GTF). Thirty-eight organizations have received funding through the GTF, of which GDN’s grant is one of the largest; five million pounds.

Read Annual Reports to DFID:

• 2012 Annual Report, Annexes
• 2011 Annual Report, Annexes
• 2010 Annual Report, Annexes
• 2009 Annual Report

For further information contact Pooja Sarin, Program Associate

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