Intelligence

Research Library

Rigorous perspectives on public finance, development financing, and the decisions shaping Africa's future.

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DECISION NOTE · 5 MIN

Fiscal space is a discipline, not a number

Why the four sources must be sequenced, not summed.

BUDGET MONITOR · 8 MIN

Credibility gaps in priority-sector budgets

The distance between approved, released, and spent.

PERSPECTIVE · 6 MIN

The frontier of sub-national fiscal intelligence

Turning local data and revenue systems into decision-grade intelligence.

CASE STUDY · 7 MIN

Restoring budget credibility in a key sector

A shared diagnosis and a practical, sequenced PFM reform agenda.

PUBLICATION · 12 MIN

Costing early childhood at scale

An investment case in the finance ministry’s own terms.

FIELD NOTE · 4 MIN

What the diamond misses

Notes from the frontline of public finance reform.