Helping Markets and States Work for Development

From Outlays to Outcomes

Getting Development From Development Expenditure

On August 25, 2021 CDF and the Accountability Initiative at the Centre for Policy Research hosted a day-long conference entitled From Outlays to Outcomes: Accountability in Social Sector Expenditure in India. This conference facilitated a dialogue on mechanisms to strengthen transparency and accountability in the implementation of centrally sponsored social sector programs.

The conference provided a forum for key stakeholders – policy makers, practitioners, civil society and academics – to exchange ideas, draw lessons from experience and indentify solutions to what is perhaps the greatest challenge faced by the government: ensuring accountability for money spent.

Papers from the conference are found here. The focus areas of the conference continue as an ongoing research agenda for CDF. 

Keywords: public economics, Development Economics, public finance, evalaution, monitoring

Website: