Scaling up aid
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- Service delivery in Africa
- ( S. Wangwe / African Economic Research Consortium , 2008)
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This paper argues that service delivery is important for attaining accelerated growth and human development and that resources need to be mobilised and be used effectively in order to improve servi...
- Understanding the politics of aid delivery
- ( A. de Haan;M. Everest-Phillips / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2007)
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Aid delivery is inherently political. In the context of increasing aid flows and greater donor coordination, how will aid interact with local political forces? This paper looks at a range of recent...
Is aid an effective way of achieving the MDGs?
- ( D. Ehrenpreis (ed) / International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth , 2007)
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In 2005, the G8 leaders promised to double aid to Africa and the UN World Summit to increase total official development assistance (ODA) by around $ 50 bn. But are such increases in aid really what...
- Principles and practices for EU humanitarian aid
- ( EC , 2007)
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Humanitarian aid is one of the European Union’s (EU) main external policies and collectively, the EU is the world’s largest humanitarian donor. This document sets out key principles and...
- How can developing countries manage scaled-up aid flows?
- ( S. Gupta;G. Schwartz;S. Tareq / IMF Publications , 2007)
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With increasing aid entering many developing countries, there is a need for sound fiscal policy in order to manage these volatile flows. This paper reviews measures that should be taken in ord...
- Are European government inflating their aid figures?
- ( L. Hayes / European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development , 2007)
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This report provides and assessment of the European Union’s commitment to increase official development assistance. The report finds that European governments are falling short of their commi...
- How increased aid and debt cancellation can redress the health and education staffing shortfall
- ( Oxfam , 2007)
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In this briefing paper, Oxfam considers the extent of the problem of staff shortages in developing countries’ public services, and the resources and funding mechanisms required to address the...
- Proper management of increased HIV aid flows can maximise economic and welfare benefits
- ( J. Serieux / International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth , 2006)
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This conference paper from UNDP’s International Poverty Centre is the first in a four-part series on macroeconomic policies in low-income countries that restrict the scaling up of financial r...
- European aid must not lose food security focus
- ( Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group] , 2005)
- Agriculture remains key to achieving the poverty targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. However, agricultural growth is dropping in sub-Saharan Africa, and development aid to th...
- Is the IMF constraining low-income countries’ health spending?
- ( Center for Global Development, USA , 2006)
- Most of the recently negotiated International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes include a ceiling which limits the opportunities for countries to utilise increasing aid, including billions of dollars for...
