Latin America and Caribbean

Projects

Strengthening Institutions to Improve Public Expenditure Accountability

The Strengthening Institutions Program, a joint program of the Global Development Network and R4D, aims to strengthen policy debates around public expenditure issues in developing countries by providing support to emerging think tanks to conduct analyses of spending in the health, education, and water sectors.

The Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP)

The Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP) strengthens the capacity of independent monitoring organizations (IMOs) in developing countries to promote improvements in social sector public spending and better hold their governments accountable for expenditure decisions and actions.

Publications & Resources

R4D is committed to disseminating the tools and publications that emerge from our projects, in both print and electronic formats.

The Politics of the AUGE Health Reform in Chile: A Case Study

In 2008, Bitran y Asociados developed a case study for the Ministerial Leadership Initiative about the politics of the AUGE health reform in Chile. The case outlines the efforts undertaken by policymakers to secure political approval of an ambitious reform seeking to grant explicit health guarantees to the country’s entire population.

Effective and Transparent Governance of Public Expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean

This book seeks out, areas in which governments could focus to improve the quality public expenditures. It seeks to identify cross-cutting strengths and weaknesses of public financial management and procurement systems and the characteristics of, and lessons learned from reform programs.

Strategic Planning in Honduras: A Case Study

A case study focusing on the implementation of the World Bank's Strategy and Action Plan Self-Assessment Tool (SAT) in Honduras.

News & Events

“Strengthening Institutions” country partners convene in Prague to present research on public expenditure accountability

As part of efforts to build international benchmarks for the quality of public spending and promote informed decisions on resource allocations in developing countries, the Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP) and Global Development Network co-hosted the first peer review workshop for the Strengthening Institutions program in Prague on January 13th-15th.