- Iraq factsheet
- US Agency for International Development, 2003
- This factsheet lists the background humanitarian situation in Iraq before the 2003 war and recent assessments by area and sector. Areas include: Umm Qasr Al Basrah Northern Iraq Sectors as...
- Why the official projections underestimate cost of Iraq war
- C. Kaysen; M. Miller; M. Malin; W. Nordhaus; J. Steinbruner / American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002
- Starting from the premises that this paper does not and cannot either measure the extent to which military action today may reduce the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction in the future or estimate the increase or decrease in r...
- What are the the differences in growth rates across developing countries?
- D. van Dijk; R. Paap; P. H. Franses / Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2003
- This paper attempts to address whether the real GDP per capita of African countries grow slower than countries in Asia and Latin America. In particular, it casts the doubt that this statement cannot be applied to all African countries...
- Humanitarian impacts of war in Iraq
- Eldis Questioning Development Resource Guide, 2003
- Collection of documents forecasting the humanitarian consequences of the current war on Iraq. Common to these are assertions that: as a result of 12 years of sanctions, the Iraqi population is far more vulnerable...
- War on Iraq is manifestly illegal and constitutes a crime against peace
- Center for Economic and Social Rights, USA, 2003
- The central question that this report seeks to answer is: can the U.S. and U.K lawfully attack Iraq—either with Security Council approval or, in the absence of such approval, on the basis of previous Council resolutions or under ...
- Consultation on the World Development Report 2004
- World Development Report, World Bank, 2003
- The World Development Report 2004 will investigate how countries can accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by making services work for poor people. This section of the World Bank websites gives access to ...
- Is water a basic human right or an economic good?
- G. Aegisson / One World Action, 2002
- Water is a precious resource and nowadays it is becoming more and more limited. In order to cope with this situation, privatisation of water services has been promoted and it is has become a compulsory precondition for developing coun...
- Condition of the global employment 2002
- International Labour Organization, 2002
- This report estimates that the number of unemployed grew by 20 million since the beginning of 2001 to reach about 180 million at the end of 2002, and that the increase was most severe among women. In addition an increasing number of y...
- Why western concepts of citizenship don't fit with Southern realities
- N. Kabeer / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2002
- This working paper examines the interaction of two different forms of citizen belonging, and the rights and responsibilities associated with these: membership of the imagined community of the nation-state memb...
- Does economic development depend on geographical factors?
- W. Easterly; R. Levine / Center for Global Development, USA, 2002
- This paper asks whether economic development depends on geographic endowments like temperate instead of tropical location, the ecological conditions shaping diseases, or an environment good for grains or certain cash crops? Or do thes...
- Is water a basic human right or an economic good?
- G. Aegisson / One World Action, 2002
- Water is a precious resource and nowadays it is becoming more and more limited. In order to cope with this situation, privatisation of water services has been promoted and it is has become a compulsory precondition for developing coun...
- Condition of the global employment 2002
- International Labour Organization, 2002
- This report estimates that the number of unemployed grew by 20 million since the beginning of 2001 to reach about 180 million at the end of 2002, and that the increase was most severe among women. In addition an increasing number of y...
- Why western concepts of citizenship don't fit with Southern realities
- N. Kabeer / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2002
- This working paper examines the interaction of two different forms of citizen belonging, and the rights and responsibilities associated with these: membership of the imagined community of the nation-state memb...
- Does economic development depend on geographical factors?
- W. Easterly; R. Levine / Center for Global Development, USA, 2002
- This paper asks whether economic development depends on geographic endowments like temperate instead of tropical location, the ecological conditions shaping diseases, or an environment good for grains or certain cash crops? Or do thes...
- WSSD: the time for talking is over, this is the decade of doing
- P. Doran / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2002
- This paper provides an outline and analysis of the outcomes of the Johannesburg, 2002 world summit on sustainable development (WSSD). The author gives an overview of key issues and outcomes/commitments of the WSSD ...
- Globalisation is flawed but there are alternatives
- D. Goulet / Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2002
- This paper explores the relationship between rising inequality and increasing globalisation. The author asserts that whilst inequality has always existed and is not a direct consequence of globalisation, globalisation is a fundamental...
- Lack of global governance systems polarise sustainable development debate
- R. Sherman / Earth Summit 2002, 2001
- The paper looks at how to improve current international governance systems. It assesses the differents aspects of the potential implementation of a an inclusive and effective global governance system: General Expectati...
- Sanctions versus constructive engagement in Burma
- J. Bray / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2001
- Burma, also known as Myanmar, is an important case study in wider international debates on the politics of sanctions versus constructive engagement, as well as the role of companies and NGOs, when trying to encourage political dialogu...
- Information on the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria for NGOs and civil society
- D. Garmaise / International Council of AIDS Services Organsiations, 2002
- This Update has been prepared to keep NGOs and civil society abreast of the latest developments with respect to the Fund. The Update provides the results of the first round of funding and summarizes the issues that aros...
- Framework outlining the amount each country/private company should contribute to the Global Fund
- T. France; G. Ooms; B. Rivers / Aidspan, 2002
- The majority of the world's nations resolved at UNGASS, a major United Nations conference on AIDS, to increase annual expenditure on the AIDS epidemic to $7-10 billion by 2005, with much of this money to be raised and disbursed by a n...
- 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...
