Stephan Klingebiel is Department Head (Bilateral and Multilateral Development Policy) at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). His research focuses on political economy of aid, aid and development effectiveness, political economy and governance issues in sub-Saharan Africa, and crisis prevention and conflict management.Victoria Gonsior is a consultant for Public Finance Management at GFA Consulting Group. She participated in the Postgraduate Training Programme and worked as a researcher at the German Development Institute. Her research concentrates on development economics with a focus on public finance.Franziska Jakobs is a consultant for Governance at GFA Consulting Group, Germany. She completed thePostgraduate Training Programme and worked as a researcher at the German Development Institute. Her research mainly focuses on good governance issues, in particular decentralization, public service delivery and local governance.Miriam Nikitka is a consultant in the Monitoring & Evaluation Unit at GFA Consulting Group. She participated in the Postgraduate Training Programme at the German Development Institute. Her research concentrates on results-based approaches, results-oriented monitoring and complex strategic evaluations.