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Jameson Boex

Jameson Boex



Senior Research Associate


Dr. Jamie Boex is a senior public finance expert with extensive experience in fiscal decentralization reforms and fiscal policy reforms in developing and transition countries around the world. Working with organizations such as the World Bank, UNDP, USAID, and numerous other bilateral development agencies, Dr. Boex has contributed to policy reforms in over fifteen developing and transition countries around the world. Dr. Boex has authored and contributed to numerous books, book chapters, articles, and reports on intergovernmental finance (fiscal decentralization), public expenditure management, and poverty reduction.

Email: JBoex@urban.org

Areas of expertise

Decentralization policy, fiscal decentralization, local government finance, design and implementation of intergovernmental fiscal transfers

Country Experience:
Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Egypt, Republic of Georgia, Indonesia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Russia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Timor-Leste and Uganda.

Selected Publications from Jameson Boex

  • Localizing the MDGs: Unlocking the Potential of the Local Public Sector to Engage in Development and Poverty Reduction
  • Decentralized local governments as a modality for post-conflict recovery and development: An emerging natural experiment in Northern Uganda
  • Publications by topic:
    International Development

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