Mead Over at CGDev posts about a recent White House memorandum calling for increased emphasis on program evaluations from the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
One particular line resonated with me: “Attract and retain talented researchers in an office with standing within the agency.” Does this mean the Ph.D.s like me who [...]
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US Government Looking for “Rigor” in Evaluation
Posted in government, tagged evaluation, government, government spending, mead over, omb, rigor on 9 November 2009 | 1 Comment »
How does government spend our money?
Posted in Africa, Kenya, developing countries, government, tagged cdf, constituency development fund, corruption, government, Kenya, members of parliament, MP, oversight on 21 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The International Budget Partnership posted a short documentary on creating awareness of the Kenyan Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and how it’s spent. Essentially, CDFs provide members of parliament (MPs) a fund to spend on development of their constituency (i.e. schools, clinics, etc.). A local activist organization, Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) is prominently featured as [...]
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