- Why the Southern African development community needs its own knowledge centres
- M. Madakufamba / Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, 2006
- To inform development in Southern Africa, the region needs information that is locally produced, analysed and delivered. This background paper considers the concepts of Knowledge for Development (KfD) as it applies to southern Africa,...
- The negative impacts of copyright restrictions in the South
- A. Story; C. Darch; D. Halbert / Copy South Research Group, 2006
- Restrictive copyright laws still act as a serious barrier to sharing and learning. This dossier is addressed to readers who want to learn more about the global role of copyright and, in particular, its largely negative role in the glo...
- Challenging the perceived wisdom of Jeffrey Sachs
- A. Sneyd / BISA International Political Economy Group, 2006
- As popular awareness of global poverty reaches new heights in the rich world, with politicians turning up their rhetorical volume on the subject, little has changed amongst the community of experts tasked with understanding developmen...
- Establishing an accurate portrayal of poverty
- R. Chambers / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
- Despite the fully acknowledged relevance of stakeholder participation in development research, an inaccurate perception of poverty and the lives of the poor is persistant. This is particularly true of the rural poor, to whom brief vis...
- What factors determine growth in developing countries?
- E. Ianchovichina; P. Kacker / World Bank, 2005
- Presenting real per capita GDP growth forecasts for all developing countries for the period 2005-14 the authors find that important factors determining economic growth in 55 of these countries are: continued improvement...
- Does "development" really exist?
- E. Macamo / Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa, 2005
- What does development actually mean, and who benefits from it? This highly polemical paper argues that development, often illustrated as the present condition of western countries to which other countries should strive, is a falsity. ...
- The evolution of development and development policy in the past fifty years
- R. Kanbur / Department of Economics [Cornell University], 2005
- The author examines the evolution of development and development policy in the past fifty years, focusing on economic issues. He explores how ideology and experience have influenced the course of economic theory and policy on developm...
- Structural transformation of the Asian economies and the impacts thier rapid growth on poverty
- J. Humphrey / Asia 2015 Conference: Promoting Growth, Ending Poverty, 2006
- Rapid and sustained growth in Asia has led to substantial reductions in poverty across the region. This paper reviews the structural transformation of the Asian economies and the impacts of rapid growth on poverty in the region. It al...
- The role of research in enhancing development in sub-Saharan Africa
- A. Traore / Global Development Network, 2004
- Sub-Saharan African countries have realised in recent years the centrality of higher education as a means to achieve development. Indeed through enhancing the production of knowledge and know-how, research becomes an engine of endogen...
- Irrational decision making in development economics
- S. Mullainathan / Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation, Finland, 2005
- This paper presents psychological evidence of human behaviour to contribute to a better and more insightful understanding of development economics. Moving away from standard economic models which assume some form of rational decision ...
- The evolution of development and development policy in the past fifty years
- R. Kanbur / Department of Economics [Cornell University], 2005
- The author examines the evolution of development and development policy in the past fifty years, focusing on economic issues. He explores how ideology and experience have influenced the course of economic theory and policy on developm...
- Structural transformation of the Asian economies and the impacts thier rapid growth on poverty
- J. Humphrey / Asia 2015 Conference: Promoting Growth, Ending Poverty, 2006
- Rapid and sustained growth in Asia has led to substantial reductions in poverty across the region. This paper reviews the structural transformation of the Asian economies and the impacts of rapid growth on poverty in the region. It al...
- The role of research in enhancing development in sub-Saharan Africa
- A. Traore / Global Development Network, 2004
- Sub-Saharan African countries have realised in recent years the centrality of higher education as a means to achieve development. Indeed through enhancing the production of knowledge and know-how, research becomes an engine of endogen...
- Irrational decision making in development economics
- S. Mullainathan / Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation, Finland, 2005
- This paper presents psychological evidence of human behaviour to contribute to a better and more insightful understanding of development economics. Moving away from standard economic models which assume some form of rational decision ...
- Political human rights should be given more consideration in the MDG discourse
- D. Messner / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2004
- This paper assesses the importance of the MDGs for the overall development discourse, and also examines the political determinants involved in achieving the MDGs. It argues that the MDG process has lent a substantial new thrust to the...
- How do religious movements influence the anti-poverty agenda?
- V. Pinglé / World Bank, 2005
- This theoretical paper, based on existing research, assesses the influence that religious movements have on the development process. The concept of identity politics is used to interpret the motivation for and principles of these move...
- Critique of the Commission for Africa findings
- D Kalete; C. Landsberg / CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation, 2005
- This paper engages with the UK Commission for Africa (CfA) and its related report entitled "Our Common Interests" launched in March 2005. It aims to stimulate discussion on the CfA report with a view to highlighting some of the key is...
- Rigorous attention to meeting the MDGs can mean that other development targets get overlooked
- L. Gold / Trocaire, 2005
- This paper outlines and lauds the aims of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but also highlights that the adoption of the goals also brings some serious risks. The MDGs have been rapidly elevated to the status of "ultimate solut...
- Examining the current discourse on international development policy
- S. Maxwell / Overseas Development Institute, 2005
- This report critically examines the current discourse on international development policy. It explores the provision of the so-called ‘meta-narrative’, which has replaced the Washington Consensus as a mainstream orthodoxy, h...
- What do we know about pro-poor growth?
- J. H. Lopez / World Bank, 2004
- Over the past few years pro-poor growth has become a very popular topic among development practitioners. This despite the fact that in many cases we do not even know what other people mean by pro-poor growth. Is it growth that leads t...
- 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...
