ABOUT

The Budget Strengthening Initiative is hosted by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Britain’s leading think tank on international development, and a leader in research on public finance management in developing and fragile states. 

BSI was established in May 2010 and is funded until March 2015.

ADVISORY BOARD

Institutions

Dr Alison Evans (Chair)
Director, ODI

Isaac Lobe Ndoumbe
Director of Governance, Economic and Financial Management Department, African Development Bank

Dr Sanjeev Gupta

Deputy Director,  Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Jim Brumby

Sector Manager, Governance & Public Sector
Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, World Bank  

Warren  Krafchik

Director, International Budget Partnership

Professor Paul Collier

Director, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford

Partner governments

Sebastian T. Muah
Deputy Minister of Finance for Budget, Government of Liberia 
       
Salvatore Garang  Mabiordit
Undersecretary, Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning, Government of South Sudan

Keith Muhakanizi
Deputy Secretary to the Treasury, Ministry of Finance Planning & Economic Development, Government of Uganda

Ex officio members

Marcus Manuel
Director, Budget Strengthening Initiative

David Lloyd-Davies
Policy Officer Africa Regional Department, DFID