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Salary Supplement Policy Review

EPAR RESEARCH BRIEF #226

Thu, 05/02/2013

AUTHORS: Claire Kpaka, C. Leigh Anderson, Mary Kay Gugerty

ABSTRACT: 

The following brief details the various policies surrounding donor agency salary supplementation (or top-up) to individuals employed in project countries. The goal of this research was to understand the landscape of different agency’s policies regarding salary top-ups for government experts and scientists advising on donor projects. However, information on this specific scenario was limited. The brief covers a range of scenarios in which donor agencies may pay salary top-ups to local, in-country individuals and aims to draw out a number of hypothesized advantages and disadvantages associated with the practice of donor salary supplementation.

TYPE OF RESEARCH: Literature Review

RESEARCH TOPIC CATEGORY: Development Finance & Policy; Aid & Other Development Finance

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