From earmarked sector support to general budget support : development partners’ experience

The purpose of this report is to discuss the question of how a change of aid modality towards general budget support would affect the dialogue and technical cooperation in the priority sectors, in Norwegian partner countries in general and in Tanzania in particular. The paper focuses on the experience of other donors in this area. The interviews with representatives of EU, DFID, Sida, Netherlands, and the World Bank, has made it clear that the issue of priority sector cooperation and general budget support is under active consideration in many other aid administrations.