Financing the MDGs
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- Is budget support an effective means of financing the MDGs?
- ( R. Carter;S. Lister / Social Watch , 2007)
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International aid donors have increasingly moved toward direct budget support as a means of reducing poverty and meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This article discusses the relevanc...
- Macroeconomic policies should support the achievement of the MDGs
- ( J. Weeks;T. McKinley / UNDP International Poverty Centre , 2007)
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An alternative macroeconomic framework oriented towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Sub-Saharan Africa is known and feasible. Currently, the effects of neoliberal reforms h...
- IMF conditions preventing achievement of education for all in Malawi, Sierra Leone and Mozambique
- ( A.A. Marphatia;R. Moussié;A. Ainger / ActionAid International , 2007)
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IMF restrictions on recurrent government spending are working against the MDGs, and Education for All, this report argues. Through research with the governments of Malawi, Mozambique and Sierra Leo...
- 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...
- Outlines SDC's development priorities
- ( Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation , 2005)
- Goal Eight of the Millennium Development Goals requires all countries to enter a global partnership for development to implement the MDGs. This partnership includes the provision of adequate resources...
- Perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals + 5 conference
- ( Eldis News Weblog , 2005)
- This commentary from an Eldis Editor looks at the policy debate at the Millennium Development Goals + 5 conference which took place in New York in September 2005. Opinions on the progress and usefulne...
- Mobilising domestic resources in Africa: a strategy for meeting the MDGs
- ( Overseas Development Institute, London , 2005)
- A new briefing note from the ODI explores ways in which "windfalls" from natural resources such as oil, metals and minerals can be channelled effectively into development processes towards meeting the...
- More and better aid is the solution to extreme poverty
- ( J. Sachs / Scientific American , 2005)
- In this article, Jeffery Sachs offers a number of solutions to the problem of chronic poverty. The paper details the current state of global poverty and then argues that the answer lies in science, te...
- The missing link in the Sachs Report on the MDGs
- ( D. Messner; P. Wolff / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI) , 2005)
- This report assesses the contribution of the "Sachs Report" by the UN Millennium Project which will serve as the central development related basis of the UN Millennium+5 Summit in September 2005. It a...
- The impact of and trends in official aid
- ( T. Addison; G. Mavrotas; M. McGillivray / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2005)
- This paper examines the macroeconomic impact of official aid, paying special attention to its contributions to growth and poverty reduction. It also reviews volumes of and trends in official developme...
