Poverty focused aid
- Predicting the cost and impact of cash transfer programmes: the power of microsimulation tools
- C. O'Brien (ed) / Oxford Policy Management, 2013
- Cash transfers to households are becoming an increasingly common policy instrument for reducing poverty, particularly in some countries of sub-Saharan Africa. However pilot schemes are not always modelled at their design stage to esti...
- Briefing outlining the debate over principles and mechanisms for delivering adaptation funds
- T. Mitchell; S. Anderson; S. Huq / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex [ES], 2008
- This briefing aims to stimulate debate on the relevant principles and mechanisms for effective adaptation delivery. It highlights the context of the debate noting that funding must increase significantly to match the needs of developi...
- Mind the gap: from evidence to policy impact - conference proceedings
- International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2011
- The 3ie conference, Mind the Gap: From Evidence to Policy Impact, brought to centre stage the need to address this “tension between learning and doing” as Ruth Levine (Hewlett Foundation) called it in the conference openin...
- 2010: assessing aid and development
- A. Wilks / IBON International, 2010
- Millions of people worldwide have insufficient food to eat, are vulnerable to disease and disaster, and receive minimal income. However, rich countries have already made a series of pledges on poverty reduction and environmental prote...
- Arguing the case for improved quality and quantity of aid
- J. Burnley / Oxfam, 2010
- Recent critics of aid programmes have argued that aid is in fact the key cause of economic dependency, lack of growth, corruption, and even laziness amongst people living in poverty. The persistence of poverty has cast doubt over the ...
- Bridging the gap between an educated workforce and high unemployment in Jordan
- T.H. Kanaan; M.D. Hanania / Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue, 2009
- The economic volatility evident in Jordan has been driven largely by Jordan’s dependence on workers’ remittances and foreign aid. Furthermore, conflict in the region has fundamentally changed the economy and demography of ...
- Challenging how donors evaluate development success
- S. Patel; S. Bartlett / Development in Practice, 2009
- This article challenges the terms on which donor agencies evaluate development success, drawing on a particular case to make its point. It describes the resettlement of 60,000 people squatting along the railway tracks in Mumbai, a pro...
- How can development assistance better contribute to poverty reduction? Some exploratory ideas
- O. Barder / Center for Global Development, USA, 2009
- In recent years, the development community has emphasised poverty reduction – defined as increases in economic growth - as the main objective of foreign assistance. In part, this has been to prevent aid ...
- Are current levels of aid adequate to eradicate world poverty? Evidence from 174 countries
- S. Subramanian / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2008
- Although aid effectiveness issues tend to top the development agenda these days, analysis of aid flows remain equally important. In this context, a new research article published in the Indian Economic and Political Weekly u...
- How can aid be free from corruption?
- Transparency International, 2007
- For aid to be effective it must, in its first instance, be delivered to its intended recipients. Combating corruption, therefore, should be the first action of any aid transaction - in order to ensure development can be effected....
- Predicting the cost and impact of cash transfer programmes: the power of microsimulation tools
- C. O'Brien (ed) / Oxford Policy Management, 2013
- Cash transfers to households are becoming an increasingly common policy instrument for reducing poverty, particularly in some countries of sub-Saharan Africa. However pilot schemes are not always modelled at their design stage to esti...
- Briefing outlining the debate over principles and mechanisms for delivering adaptation funds
- T. Mitchell; S. Anderson; S. Huq / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex [ES], 2008
- This briefing aims to stimulate debate on the relevant principles and mechanisms for effective adaptation delivery. It highlights the context of the debate noting that funding must increase significantly to match the needs of developi...
- Mind the gap: from evidence to policy impact - conference proceedings
- International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2011
- The 3ie conference, Mind the Gap: From Evidence to Policy Impact, brought to centre stage the need to address this “tension between learning and doing” as Ruth Levine (Hewlett Foundation) called it in the conference openin...
- 2010: assessing aid and development
- A. Wilks / IBON International, 2010
- Millions of people worldwide have insufficient food to eat, are vulnerable to disease and disaster, and receive minimal income. However, rich countries have already made a series of pledges on poverty reduction and environmental prote...
- Arguing the case for improved quality and quantity of aid
- J. Burnley / Oxfam, 2010
- Recent critics of aid programmes have argued that aid is in fact the key cause of economic dependency, lack of growth, corruption, and even laziness amongst people living in poverty. The persistence of poverty has cast doubt over the ...
- Bridging the gap between an educated workforce and high unemployment in Jordan
- T.H. Kanaan; M.D. Hanania / Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue, 2009
- The economic volatility evident in Jordan has been driven largely by Jordan’s dependence on workers’ remittances and foreign aid. Furthermore, conflict in the region has fundamentally changed the economy and demography of ...
- Challenging how donors evaluate development success
- S. Patel; S. Bartlett / Development in Practice, 2009
- This article challenges the terms on which donor agencies evaluate development success, drawing on a particular case to make its point. It describes the resettlement of 60,000 people squatting along the railway tracks in Mumbai, a pro...
- How can development assistance better contribute to poverty reduction? Some exploratory ideas
- O. Barder / Center for Global Development, USA, 2009
- In recent years, the development community has emphasised poverty reduction – defined as increases in economic growth - as the main objective of foreign assistance. In part, this has been to prevent aid ...
- Are current levels of aid adequate to eradicate world poverty? Evidence from 174 countries
- S. Subramanian / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2008
- Although aid effectiveness issues tend to top the development agenda these days, analysis of aid flows remain equally important. In this context, a new research article published in the Indian Economic and Political Weekly u...
- How can aid be free from corruption?
- Transparency International, 2007
- For aid to be effective it must, in its first instance, be delivered to its intended recipients. Combating corruption, therefore, should be the first action of any aid transaction - in order to ensure development can be effected....
- Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Website (IPC)
- The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is a standardised tool that aims at providing a “common currency” for classifying food security. By using a common scale, which is comparable across countries, the tool is designed to make it easier for donors, agencies and governments to identify priorities for intervention before they become catastrophic. The IPC web...
