- Dropping the debt for the new millenium: is it such a good idea?
- T. Allen; D. Weinhold / Development Studies Institute, LSE, 2000
- This paper examines the economic analyses and popular rhetoric surrounding the debt relief initiatives of Jubilee 2000 and the World Bank. It is pointed out that simplistic calls to 'drop the debt' may be counterproductive. The...
- Developing Small Dams and Social Capital in Yemen: Local Responses to External Assistance
- D.L. Vermillion / International Association for the Study of Common Property, 2000
- This paper examines six cases of small dam development along small seasonal rivers (wadi) in the rugged mountainous province of Al-Mahweet in north central Yemen. Development of small dams is a current priority of the Governmen...
- On the economic consequences of civil war
- P. Collier / The Economics of Crime and Violence, World Bank, 1998
- This paper offer a model of the economic effects of civil war and the post-war period. A key feature is the adjustment of the capital stock through capital flight. Post-war this flight can either be reversed or continue, depending par...
- HIPC Initiative will not be a lasting solution to debt problems unless accomapnied by strong economic growth
- Government Accountability Office, US Congress, 2000
- Official report prepared for the US Congress. Argues that the initiative is not likely to provide recipients with a lasting exit from their debt problems, unless they achieve strong, sustained economic growth. The main issues r...
- Describes developments up to April 2000, including country feedback
- Debt Initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, IMF, 2000
- Describes developments in the PRSP programme, including Interim PRSPs (I-PRSPs) Issues raised by recipient countries have included growth and macroeconomic stability are critical for poverty reduction, but cannot...
- The Political Economy of Policy Failure in Zambia
- A. Bigsten; S. Kayizzi-Mugerwa / Swedish Working Papers in Economics, 2000
- Zambia’s experience in the 1990s illustrates that, on their own, policy changes will not redress decades of mismanagement, especially when the degree of commitment of the elite remains unaltered. In 1991, the Movement for ...
- Global Financial Crises: Institutions and Incentives
- Manmohan S. Kumar; Paul R. Masson; Marcus Miller / International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2000
- Argues that the recommendations of the Meltzer Committee report (unconditional financial support for pre-qualifying countries) would lead to an increase in financial stability. There is a need for an effective lender of last re...
- Calculates a shortfall of up to US $80 billion per year between what is being spent and what should be spent to ensure universal access to basic social services
- S. Mehrotra; J. Vandemoortele; E. Delamonica / UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2000
- The report draws on case studies from over 30 developing countries to highlight the human cost of this shortfall in terms of lives lost, children out of school, the millions of children under-nourished and the billions without safe wa...
- Strengthening National Capacity for HIV/AIDS Strategic Planning
- D. Cohen / HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1998
- Strategic Planning is essential for a effective response to the epidemic. UNDP has extensive experience and long involvement in the strengthening of national planning capacity in all operational regions. As such it is essential that U...
- The Asian crisis and Human Development
- G. Ranis; F. Stewart / East Asia Crisis Workshop, IDS, 1988
- Paper aims to analyse the nature of pro-Human Development adjustment in the five countries seriously affected by the crisis: Thailand, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. The effects of the crisis on Human Development depe...
- Commercialisation has resulted in more rigid and permanent forms of socio-economic stratification
- P. M. Sikana; C. K. Kerven / Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1991
- As pastoral systems undergo commercialisation, all parts of those systems (livestock productivity, range use, household economies and the socio-cultural system itself) adjust to the new goals of production. This paper considers one of...
- Human face or human facade: adjustment and the health of mothers and children
- A. Costello; F. Watson; D. Woodward / Centre for International Child Health, London, 1994
- Report considers the effects of strutucal adjustment programmes on the health sector . Includes an annotated bibliography
- Reducing corruption
- World Bank Policy and Research Bulletin, 1997
- An effective state can contribute powerfully to sustainable development and the reduction of poverty. But there is no guarantee that state intervention will benefit society
- Mozambique: Macroeconomic Performance and Critical Development Issues
- Finn Tarp; Morten Igel Lau / Development Economic Research Group, Denmark, 1996
- Presents the results of an analytical review of the Mozambican economy based on the scattered evidence available at the time of writing. In this regard, a recently published set of national accounts data, covering the period up to 199...
- International Gender, Science and Technology Information Map (WIGSAT)
- Women in Global Science and Technology Network, 1999
- Social dimensions of adjustment: a general assessment
- Information Bank on African Development Studies, 1999
- Higher education transformation in South Africa: Government Green Paper
- African National Congress, 1999
- Social welfare in South Africa: Government White Paper
- African National Congress, 1999
- Transformation of the public service in South Africa: Government White Paper
- African National Congress, 1999
- An overview of a new policy framework for higher education transformation in South Africa
- Policy and Law Online News [Polity.org.za], 1999
- Development bank of Latin America
- Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JSAPMDD)
- Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JSAPMDD) is a regional alliance of peoples’ movements, community organisations, coalitions, NGOs and networks.
- United Nations High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP)
- On 9 August 2010, the Secretary-General launched the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP) that brings together renowned world figures to formulate a new blueprint for a sustainable future on a planet under increasing stress resulting from human activities. Recognizing that climate change, water scarcity, loss of biodiversity, the destruction of ecosystems and shifting demogra...
- Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
- The Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) is a network of 22 member country governments that promotes global change research in the region, increases developing country involvement in that research, and strengthens interactions between the science community and policy-makers.
- Belize Red Cross Society
- In the Caribbean, the national Red Cross societies are assisted by the International Federation Secretariat, with regional offices based in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the Dominican Republic, with support from the Americas Zone Office based in Panama. The IFRC secretariat provides services that include international coordination of disaster relief, capacity-building of National Societi...
- Brot für die Welt
- "Brot für die Welt" ("Bread for the World") is a programme of help initiated by the protestant churches in Germany. It was set up in Berlin in 1959 and since then has been the responsibility of the “Diakonische Werk”, the Social Service Agency of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD). "Brot für die Welt" works jointly with local churches and par...
- Economics Web Institute
- Institute focusing on economics and management
- Publish What You Fund
- Publish What You Fund campaigns for aid transparency – more and better information about aid. It urges donors to disclose their aid information regularly and promptly, and in a standardised format that will be comparable with other countries and accessible to all. It supports greater disclosure of aid information in line with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Standar...
- United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- Multidisciplinary research institute on development economics
- International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
- Policy impact evaluation
