- Competition policy and the global trading system : a developing country perspective
- Bernard Hoekman / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
- Certain factors can maximize the pressure on privatized infrastructure companies to be more efficient: the threat of bankruptcy, internal controls imposed by shareholders, and external disciplines (such as the threat of hostile takeov...
- Ghana's Labor Market (1987-92)
- Sudharshan Canagarajah; Saji Thomas / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
- The rate of return to education in Ghana increases with higher education and work experience. The return for each additional year of schooling ranges from 4 to 6 percent, quite high for a Sub-Saharan African country. Private and socia...
- Explaining Agricultural and Agrarian Policies in Developing Countries
- H.P. Binswanger; K. Deininger / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
- What explains differences in agricultural and agrarian policies across countries and over time? Why do countries adopt, and maintain, policy regimes that reduce efficiency and increase rural poverty? What are the conditions for countr...
- Indonesia's small and medium - size exporters and their support systems
- Albert Berry; Brian Levy / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1994
- In Indonesia, public institutions generally lack the commitment, resources, and flexibility needed to provide quality support to small and medium size enterprises, and industry associations often lack the professionalism and accountab...
- The State in a changing world: World Development Report 1997: summary
- World Development Report, World Bank, 1999
- An effective state is vital for the provision of the goods and services--and the rules and institutions--that allow markets to flourish and people to lead healthier, happier lives. Without it, sustainable development, both economic an...
- Labor Market Adjustment in Canada and the United States
- Eswar Prasad; Alun H Thomas / International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997
- Since the early 1980s, the aggregate unemployment rate in Canada has been persistently higher than that in the United States. However, existing research has failed to identify conclusively the proximate determinant for the persistent ...
- Adjusting to New Realities: MENA, The Uruguay Round, and the EU-Mediterranean Initiative
- Patricia Alonso-Gamo; Susan Fennell; Khaled Sakr / International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997
- The MENA region, with the exception of the GCC economies, is lagging behind in trade liberalization. This delay has had a negative impact on production efficiency and consumer welfare and will become more costly given the increasing g...
- Future Operation of International Organizations within an Electronic Environment: framework for reflection on intra- and inter-organizational issues of relevance to both intergovernmental organizations and NGOs
- A.J.N. Judge / Union of International Associations, 1999
- Invigorating Civil Society Participation (Summit of the Americas)
- R.L. Rosenberg / Center for Hemispheric Policy, 1999
- Declaration of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Summit of the Americas)
- Center for Hemispheric Policy, 1999
- Social welfare 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
- ASEAN Concept Paper on the ASEAN Regional Forum (1995)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations, 1999
- African women: selected journal issues and articles 1985-92 (Illinois)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, 1999
- Recent trends in irrigation management: changing directions for the public sector (ODI Natural Resource Perspectives)
- Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
- Formal farmers organisations in the agricultural technology system: current roles and future challenges (ODI)
- D. Carney / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1996
- Farmers organisations (FOs) need to be relatively sophisticated and well-funded to become involved in agricultural technology development and transfer. This is because of the complexity of understanding members technological needs and...
- Implementing a New Indicator of Social Development in Mexico: Literate Life Expectancy (LLE) (Medina / IIASA)
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1999
- For scientists, measuring social development has been a long-lasting objective; for the public, it has been a partially-resolved demand. Social indicators have been used informally for a very long time, particularly in economics, to a...
- Situation and prospects for forest conservation and development: FAO State of the World's Forests 1997: Part 1
- State of the World's Forests, FAO, 1999
- Policy, planning and institutional arrangements: FAO State of the World's Forests 1997: Part 2
- State of the World's Forests, FAO, 1999
- Exploring the development of science and technology attitudes and skills in the Mexican basic education level: a gender perspective (Erossa)
- Women in Global Science and Technology Network, 1999
- BetterEvaluation
- BetterEvaluation is an international collaboration to improve evaluation practice and theory by sharing information about options (methods or tools) and approaches. It offers online tools and materials organised into tasks: Approaches, Themes and Resources.
- Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)
- A non-profit, independent research, policy and outreach organisation working towards achieving sustainable development in the Amazon region
- Forestry Nepal
- Gateway to forestry information on Nepal.
- Center for Participatory Research and Development (CPRD)
- Center for Participatory Research and Development is an independent, non-profit policy, research and implementation institute.
- Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
- AIDA is a non-profit environmental law organisation that works across international borders to defend threatened ecosystems and the human communities that depend on them.
- Latin American Platform on Climate (LAPC)
- Latin American Platform on Climate (LAPC) is formed of 17 civil society organisations committed to finding answers to climate change challenges in the region.
- Centre for Social Markets, India (CSM)
- The Centre for Social Markets (CSM) promotes a progressive social and environmental agenda by harnessing the power and potential of markets, entrepreneurs and other economic actors to do good. CSM's mission is to change the culture of markets and other social institutions to advance social justice, human rights and sustainable development. Such a culture change will not be possible with...
- Practice In Participation
- Participatory portal for community-based practices
- INFOCON
- INFOCON aims to promote a better understanding of how Civil Society Organisations representing Transnational Communities can work on preventing and resolving conflicts in Europe and worldwide. Financed by the EU under the Seventh Framework Programme, this three-year research project was launched in April 2008.
- Localis (http://localis.org.uk/)
- Localis is an independent think-tank based in Westminster, dedicated to issues related to local government and localism. Since its formation it has produced research on a variety of issues including housing, the reform of regional government, innovation in services and local government finance.
