- Has increasing globalisation been good for growth?
- M. Weisbrot; R. Naiman; J. Kim / Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, 2000
- Have the policies advocated by the IMF, the World Bank, and the US Treasury Department helped to stimulate economic growth? Even among those who have been critical of globalisation and the most powerful institutions that promote it, t...
- How far is globalisation responsible for the decline in economic growth and good health?
- M. Weisbrot; D. Baker; E. Kraev; J. Chen / Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, 2001
- In order to assess the impact of globalisation on economic growth and health and other social indicators, this paper examines such indicators for all countries for which data are available, and compares the last 20 years of globalisat...
- What are the key conditions for pro-poor growth when economies have to remain competitive in the international market?
- H. White; A. Anderson / DFID White Paper on Eliminating World Poverty: Making Globalisation Work for the Poor, 2000
- Despite the fashion for pro-poor growth the term remains undefined. This paper proposes three possible definitions, based on comparing the poor's share in incremental income with their existing share, their population share and an int...
- Adjustment loans do not benefit the poor
- W. Easterly / Economic Growth Project, World Bank, 2000
- Paper suggests there is no evidence for a direct effect of structural adjustment on growth. The poor benefit less from output expansion in countries with many adjustment loans than in countries with few adjustment loans. By the same t...
- The importance of favouring the growth-enhancing polices of good rule of law, fiscal discipline, and openness to international trade
- D. Dollar; A. Kraay / Economic Growth Project, World Bank, 2000
- This paper investigates the link between income of the poor and overall income (per capita GDP). Paper asks: what is the general relationship between growth of income of the poor and overall economic growth, and does it...
- What next for the BRICS Bank?
- N. Watson; M. Younis; S. Spratt / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
- A new development bank to be created by the ‘Rising Powers’ of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) is intended to promote greater cooperation between developing countries, and address what is seen by many...
- Benefits and challenges for UNDP when working with non-core funds
- A. Naik (ed) / The Future United Nations Development System, 2013
- Private sources of financing have become a growing feature of UN budgets. This report argues that an evaluation of the private financing of UNDP activities reveals both advantages - increased resources, more technical expertise, bette...
- Functions and processes at the various interfaces between knowledge, practice, and policy
- L. Shaxson (ed) / United Nations University, 2012
- What is K* and how can we use it? K* is a convenient term for the plethora of acronyms for knowledge brokering (KB), knowledge translation (KT), knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE), knowledge mobilisation (KMb) and many others. Thes...
- 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...
- Are Malawians involved in key decision making processes?
- B Chisinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2003
- There is little doubt that one of the most momentous policy events within the development community at the beginning of the previous decade was the return of poverty on the international development agenda. This is very much associate...
- Facilitating learning for social change - building a dialogue to span the global and the local
- P. Taylor (ed); A. Deak (ed); J. Pettit (ed) / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
- This document is an outcome of a dialogue on facilitating learning for social change (FLASC) which took place through e-fora and an international workshop in the Spring of 2006. The editors argue that the FLASC dialogue was needed bec...
- Is hazard-free e-waste recycling possible?
- S.U. Ahmed / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2011
- This study aims at examining the current practice of recycling e-waste in the informal sectors of Bangladesh and identifying the problems towards development of a system of hazard-free e-waste recycling in the country. It ...
- Developing an e-waste management policy
- S.U. Ahmed / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2011
- Electronic waste is becoming a serious threat for our surrounding environment. Integrated initiatives are needed to fight this growing concern in Bangladesh. Within this background, this paper is the second in a series, aimed at calcu...
- In Search of Economic Alternatives for Gender and Social Justice: Voices from India
- Christa Wichterich (ed) / Women in Development Europe, 2010
- How can we shape an alternative economic and gender just development process? This report is a collection of Indian voices in the form of short essays on economic alternatives for gender and social justice which challenge mainstr...
- Are African governments and international donors supporting the poor of Africa?
- Y. Tsegay; M. Rusare; B. Ndlovu / African Monitor, 2009
- Although Africa attracted $43 billion in private capital, $40 billion in remittances and $38 billion in aid in 2008 it still faces a considerable resource gap. Such financial support, some would argue, is needed to ensure progressive ...
- 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...
