- Copenhagen Consensus: useful reflection or media stunt
- L. Knuchel / Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2004
- This development policy briefing paper from SDC provides a commentary on the controversial Copenhagen Consensus exercise which asked nine leading economists to prioritise a variety of development problems using a cost benefit analysis...
- NGOs v the World Bank: who is the real champion of the poor?
- S. Mallaby / Foreign Policy [Journal], 2004
- In this short, polemical article, the author argues that NGO advocacy groups are acting against the interests of the poor and of international development through unreasonable criticism of the World Bank and similar agencies. The auth...
- UK aid agency accused of using aid to promote privatisation
- War on Want, 2004
- This paper analyses, for the first time, the role of privatisation consultants in developing countries. It argues that since privatisation of public services has led to increased poverty in many developing countries, the spending of U...
- How has the US reaction to 9/11 impacted global security and regional security in South Asia?
- R. Swaminathan / The South Asia Analysis Group, 2004
- Since the events of September 11, 2001 (9/11), the world has changed irrevocably. Attacks on civilian populations have since increased in number and ferocity. During this period, the US administration has been engaged on three fronts ...
- Interpreting the quality of research findings
- R. Pawson / Economic and Social Research Council, UK, 2004
- In trying to piece together the evidence that should carry weight in policy formation, a key step in the logic is to provide an ‘inclusion criterion’ as a means identifying those existing studies upon which most reliance sho...
- Top priorites for international development effort identified by the Copenhagen Consensus
- Copenhagen Consensus, 2004
- The goal of the Copenhagen Consensus project was to set priorities among a series of proposals for confronting ten great global challenges. Their panel of experts of experts was asked: What would be the best ways of adv...
- Better management needed for inevitable convergence between security and development
- R. Picciotto / WIDER Conference on Making Peace Work, 2004
- This paper explores the security dimensions of policy coherence for development (PCD) work, arguing that the future of aid lies in the intersection between security and development. Illustrating the interlinkages between security and ...
- Re-understanding neo-classical economics from experience-based perspectives
- M Chen; R Jhabvala; R Kanbur; N Mirani; K Osner / Poverty, inequality and development research at Cornell University, 2004
- A group of development analysts – researchers, activists, and practitioners - engaged in an unusual exercise in early 2004. They had a dialogue about labour market, trade and poverty issues, but they preceded the dialogue with ex...
- Dollar and Kraay: failing to capture the changes in distribution in the world’s major economies
- E. Amann; N. Aslanidis; F. Nixson; B. Walters / School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester, 2002
- This paper presents a critical overview of Dollar and Kraay’s paper which states that income of the poor rises one-for-one with overall growth. It points to a number of shortcomings in both theory and analysis, noting in particul...
- Are current estimates of orphan numbers in Africa correct?
- P. Bennell / Eldis Document Store, 2003
- This article questions the standard statistics used by policy makers and others to asses the issue and response of children who lose one or more of their parents to HIV/AIDS. The author compares statistics cited by the two main source...
- Better management needed for inevitable convergence between security and development
- R. Picciotto / WIDER Conference on Making Peace Work, 2004
- This paper explores the security dimensions of policy coherence for development (PCD) work, arguing that the future of aid lies in the intersection between security and development. Illustrating the interlinkages between security and ...
- Re-understanding neo-classical economics from experience-based perspectives
- M Chen; R Jhabvala; R Kanbur; N Mirani; K Osner / Poverty, inequality and development research at Cornell University, 2004
- A group of development analysts – researchers, activists, and practitioners - engaged in an unusual exercise in early 2004. They had a dialogue about labour market, trade and poverty issues, but they preceded the dialogue with ex...
- Dollar and Kraay: failing to capture the changes in distribution in the world’s major economies
- E. Amann; N. Aslanidis; F. Nixson; B. Walters / School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester, 2002
- This paper presents a critical overview of Dollar and Kraay’s paper which states that income of the poor rises one-for-one with overall growth. It points to a number of shortcomings in both theory and analysis, noting in particul...
- Are current estimates of orphan numbers in Africa correct?
- P. Bennell / Eldis Document Store, 2003
- This article questions the standard statistics used by policy makers and others to asses the issue and response of children who lose one or more of their parents to HIV/AIDS. The author compares statistics cited by the two main source...
- Could corporate social responsibility disadvantage the poor?
- Department for International Development, UK, 2003
- This paper outlines DFID’s approach to corporate social responsibility. It highlights the links between corporate social responsibility and poverty reduction and sets out what the UK Government and specifically DFID can do to pro...
- Critical analysis of the WDR 2004
- T. Kessler / Citizens Network on Essential Services, USA, 2003
- This paper from the Citizens’ Network on Essential Services offers a critique of the World Bank's World Development Report 2004 entitled "Making services work for poor people". Some of the key points explored are as follow...
- Does private sector partnership really benefit the poor?
- Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003
- Is current development thinking in Southern Africa correct in claiming that market-oriented strategies and private sector involvement are the basis for future economic growth in the region? This overview paper from SLSA begins to answ...
- How the 'brain drain' support the formation of human capital
- O. Stark / Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Bonn, 2003
- This paper addresses the concerns voiced by the World Development Report about the exodus of trained workers from poorer countries. It turns this concern on its head and argues that the prospect of migration can well be harnessed to i...
- Challanging the assumption that the poor suffer under globalisation
- S. Bhalla / Institute for International Economics, USA, 2002
- This book attempts to evaluate the data and draw conclusions on four related subjects: the nature and level of economic growth; the level and change in world income distribution; the level and change in absolute poverty; and the effec...
- Stakeholders, incentives and mechanisms of ethical trade
- R. Heeks; R. Duncombe / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2003
- This paper analyses and categorises stakeholders, incentives and mechanisms of ethical trade. On the basis of current (limited) evidence, it summarises the impact of ethical trade via six performance measures: existence, extent, exped...
- 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...
