Papers and Reports

Ministries of Finance

"The evolving and enduring role of finance ministries." Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Public Financial Management: Responding to Global Crises. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. 93-124.
”From transactional to policy ministries of finance”. Working paper. London: ODI Global, 2025.
“The capabilities of finance ministries.”, (with Sierd Hadley, Shakira Mustapha and Bryn Welham). ODI Report. Overseas Development Institute, London. 2016.
“Role, Responsibilities, Structure and Evolution of Central Finance Agencies”, (with Richard Allen). In “Handbook of Public Financial Management”, edited by Richard Allen, Richard Hemming and Barry Potter. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. 2013.
Evidence and Policy

“The role of fiscal think tanks in fiscal policy”, SCIS Working paper, Wits University, 2024.
"From experimental findings to evidence-based policy”, (with Gonzalo Hernández Licona). World Development 127 (2020): 104812.
“Building Better Policies: The Nuts and Bolts of Monitoring and Evaluation Systems”, (co-edited with Gladys Lopez-Acevedo and Keith Mackay). World Bank: Washington, D.C.: 2011.
“M&E Systems and the Budget” PREM Notes Special Series on the Nuts and Bolts of M&E No. 3, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 2010.
”Minding the Gaps. Integrating Poverty Reduction Strategies and Budgets for Domestic Accountability”, (co-edited with Vera Wilhelm). World Bank: Washington, D.C., 2007.
Public Finance

“Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Public Financial Management: Responding to Global Crises”, (edited with Richard Allen). Palgrave Macmillan: New York and London, 2025.
“Strengthening public financial management reform in Pacific Island countries”, (with Tobias Haque, Vinayak Nagaraj, Richard Bontjer and Sierd Hadley). World Bank, Washington DC: 2016.
“Financing education: domestic resource mobilisation and allocation”, (with Shakira Mustapha). ODI Report. Overseas Development Institute, London. 2016.
“Bricks and dollars: Improving public investment in infrastructure”, (with Tom Hart and Mark Miller). ODI Report. Overseas Development Institute, London. 2015.
"Linkages between Public Sector Revenues and Expenditures in Developing Countries", (with Bryn Welham and Ed Hedger). ODI Report. Overseas Development Institute, London. 2015.
“Overcoming Incrementalism: Budget Reforms and Budget Allocations in Chile”, ODI Working Paper 415. Overseas Development Institute, London. 2015.
“PFM Reforms: Signals and Adaptation”, In “Exploring the Missing Links in Public Financial Management Reforms”, edited by Aarti Shah. CABRI: Pretoria. 2014.
“This is PFM”, (with Matt Andrews, Marco Cangiano, Paolo de Renzio and Renaud Seligmann) Harvard CID Working Paper 214. Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA. 2014.
“Budgeting in the Real World”, ODI Report. Overseas Development Institute, London. 2013.
“Linking PFM Dimensions to Development Priorities”, (with Bryn Welham and Ed Hedger). ODI Report. Overseas Development Institute, London. 2013.
“Public financial management reform in fragile states: grounds for cautious optimism?” (with Edward Hedger and Heidi Tavakoli). ODI Briefing Paper. Overseas Development Institute: London, 2012.
“Executive Politics and the Governance of Public Finance”. In “The Executive in Times of Crisis”, edited by Martin Lodge and Kai Wegrich. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. 2011.
“Public Financial Management Reforms in Fragile States: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why?” (with Verena Fritz, Edward Hedger, Heidi Tavakoli and Ana Fialho Lopes). World Bank: 2011.
“Public Financial Management Reforms in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: West Bank and Gaza Case Study”. Report for the World Bank. London: Overseas Development Institute, 2010.
“Budgeting in Mexico” (with Teresa Curristine, Richard Emery et al). OECD Journal on Budgeting 9 (1), 5-136 (2009).
”A Leaner, Meaner Guardian? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of the Role of Finance Ministries in the Budget Process”. German Development Institute: Bonn, 2009.
”Patterns of Executive Control over Public Spending”. Paper presented at the LSE Conference “Emerging Research in Political Economy and Public Policy” 2009 in London.

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