- Large proportion of asylum seekers are qualified
- Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees in the UK, 2001
- This report audits the skills and qualifications of about 440 asylum seekers dispersed under the National Asylum Support System (NASS) to Leicester and assesses their potential contribution to the local and regional economy before the...
- Reform of the IMF and World Bank will bring about space for a new development economics
- M. Weisbrot / United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2001
- This article focuses on the role that economist and policy analysts can play in shaping the parameters of the current debate in the direction development economics should take. The article finds that: the credito...
- Joseph Stiglitz on the need to reform the way in which development economics research is undertaken and taught
- J.E. Stiglitz / United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2001
- This article discusses the new development agenda and means of challenging the reigning neoliberal paradigm. The limitations of this competitive equilibrium model are widely recognized; it provides an inadequate model of developed cou...
- The developmental agenda in the age of neoliberal globalization
- E. Yeldan / United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2001
- This article looks at options for renewed development policy, particularly in relation to globalisation and national policy-making. This article finds that: a consequence of globalisation has been the exposure of...
- Does the Private Sector Development (PSD) strategy foster apartheid?
- Globalization Challenge Initiative, 2001
- This article discusses the World Bank's Private Sector Development Strategy (PSD). The article finds that: the main thrust of the PSD Strategy is not new. It would continue to shape and diminish the role of the s...
- Is the Islamic concept of Jihad responsilbe for comtemporary violence and terrorism?
- K.A. El Fadl / Middle East Report, 2001
- This article discusses the politics of power associated with political Islam and fundamentalist puritanism within certain elements of Islam (particularly wahhabism). The article concludes that: the argument that ...
- Traditional methods are the most efficient and ecologically sensible for raisign livestock in Nigeria
- I. Iro / Gamji, 2001
- This article discusses the status fo the Fulani pastoralists in Nigeria. The article concludes that: the socioeconomic transformation of the Fulani will not be achieved so long as the policy-makers ignore the env...
- Taking a critical position on structural adjustment: what are the World Bank and IMF doing wrong?
- Essential Information, 2001
- Contains a series of fact sheets and resources, taking a generally critical position on IMF and World Bank Structural Adjustment activities and policies. The fact sheets include: how Structural Adjustment worsens...
- Is post-conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan a form of reborn colonialism?
- S. Husain / Bretton Woods Project, 2001
- The article discusses the implications of a recent meeting in Islamabad - 'Preparting for Afghanistan's reconstruction', which took place in Islamabad on 6 December 2001. Independent economists and activists in the host country were m...
- What is the relationship between aid and growth?
- P. Collier; J. Dehn / World Bank, 2001
- This article analyses the relationship between aid and growth. The analysis finds that the better a country ' s policies, the more effective aid is in raising growth in that country. The article finds that: extreme nega...
- Traditional methods are the most efficient and ecologically sensible for raisign livestock in Nigeria
- I. Iro / Gamji, 2001
- This article discusses the status fo the Fulani pastoralists in Nigeria. The article concludes that: the socioeconomic transformation of the Fulani will not be achieved so long as the policy-makers ignore the env...
- Taking a critical position on structural adjustment: what are the World Bank and IMF doing wrong?
- Essential Information, 2001
- Contains a series of fact sheets and resources, taking a generally critical position on IMF and World Bank Structural Adjustment activities and policies. The fact sheets include: how Structural Adjustment worsens...
- Is post-conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan a form of reborn colonialism?
- S. Husain / Bretton Woods Project, 2001
- The article discusses the implications of a recent meeting in Islamabad - 'Preparting for Afghanistan's reconstruction', which took place in Islamabad on 6 December 2001. Independent economists and activists in the host country were m...
- What is the relationship between aid and growth?
- P. Collier; J. Dehn / World Bank, 2001
- This article analyses the relationship between aid and growth. The analysis finds that the better a country ' s policies, the more effective aid is in raising growth in that country. The article finds that: extreme nega...
- The U.S., the World Bank and SAPs: implications for developing countries
- T. Barry / Foreign Policy in Focus, 2001
- This article looks at the relationship between the US, the World Bank and developing countries, focusing particularly on the role of Structural Adjustment Policies applied by the World Bank This article finds that: ...
- IMF should return to original mandate of solving short-term external imbalances in national economies
- T. Barry; M. Homey / Foreign Policy in Focus, 2001
- This article finds that: the IMF was created to solve short-term, external imbalances in national economies but has moved far beyond its original mandate the IMF makes decisions with major implications for poor...
- How can U.S. foreign policy influence the World Bank's and IMF's strategies?
- T. Barry; M. Honey / Foreign Policy in Focus, 2001
- This looks at how the U.S. should adopt new foreign policy to influence World Bank and IMF strategic activities in a positive manner. This article finds that: the IMF and World Bank have failed to integrate envir...
- Argentina and the IMFs promotion of free capital mobility: a delegitimising activity?
- D. Felix / Foreign Policy in Focus, 2001
- This article discusses the extent to which the Argentinian economic crisis delegitimises the IMF's promotion of free capital mobility around the globe. The article finds that: IMF's activities in Argentina, devia...
- Should the World Bank be made accountable for its actions?
- T. Barry; M. Honey / Foreign Policy in Focus, 2001
- This article finds that: the World Bank’s Articles of Agreement (its charter) require that it lend only for productive purposes the bank’s nature and practice ensure that its projects will have a high...
- Participatory animal health services: a literature review
- A. Catley / Institutional and Policy Support Team, AU, 1999
- This literature review describes the origins of participatory approaches and methods, and discusses their application in animal health services and research in less developed countries. The review focuses on dryland areas of Africa, i...
- Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut
- World Resources Report (WRR)
- The World Resources Report (WRR) provides policymakers around the world government, civil society, and business with analysis and insight about major environmental and development issues. It is the product of a 20-year partnership among the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and the World Resources Institute.
- ephemera
- ephemera is an independent journal, supported by the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London.
- African Monitor
- As a Pan-African body established in 2006, African Monitor aims to assess the link between: The adequacy and appropriateness of the development processes and commitments The extent to which specific development pledges by African governments and their international partners are being kept The extent to which the implementation of development commitmen...
- The Sigma Scan
- The Horizon Scanning Centre has collected 'evidence of the future' from more than 2,000 document sources and interviews with 300 leading thinkers. Sigma has condensed this material into 250 short papers in order to challenge assumptions and spark ideas.
- Eldis Community
- The Eldis Community is a free on-line community where people can meet others involved in international development, discuss important issues and share useful resources. Membership and group creation is free: the service is financially supported by the Eldis donor group. On joining the Eldis Community, you can create your own profile, and thereby get yo...
