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    Debt and conditionality: multilateral debt relief initiative and opportunities for expanding policy space

    Third World Network, 2007
    Following the G8 meeting at Gleneagles in 2005, the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) was introduced, aiming to cancel 100 percent of eligible debt stock owed by eligible countries to international financial institutions. This paper examines the key aspects of the MDRI and considers the opportunities this framework creates for indebted countries to expand their policy space.
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    The fiscal impact of aid flows: evidence from Ethiopia

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    To asses aid effectiveness for countries where foreign aid accounts for a significant share of GDP, it is essential to understand its fiscal impacts. This One Pager assesses the fiscal implication of aid flows to Ethiopia. The results suggest that :
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    World Bank assistance to agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: an IEG review

    Reliefweb, 2007
    One of the major drags on Africa's development is the under-performance of the critical agriculture sector, which accounts for a large share of GDP and employment in the region. This study assesses the development effectiveness of World Bank assistance in addressing constraints to agricultural development in Africa over the period of fiscal years 1991–2006.
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    Budget support: as good as the strategy it finances

    Social Watch, 2007
    International aid donors have increasingly moved toward direct budget support as a means of reducing poverty and meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This article discusses the relevance of budget support to financing the MDGs, how it should be designed and what attitude civil society organisations should adopt towards it. 
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    Discontent, confusion, non-transparency: how to become relevant in Latin America

    Bank Information Center, 2007
    Since October 2005,  the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) has undergone significant changes in structure and lending practices, under the leadership of the new President Alberto Moreno. This report provides a background on these changes and higlights issues of concern. The Bank’s restructuring process consisted of three principal components:
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    Programme conditions, project safeguards: quo vadis World Bank?

    Bretton Woods Project, 2007
    Conditional lending remains a controversial aspect of World Bank lending. These conditions have often placed an undue burden on developing countries and at the same time have undermined human rights and the environment. This policy brief discusses the evolution of conditionality at the World Bank and the current landscape of programme conditions and project safeguards.
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    Fiscal management and scaled-up aid

    IMF Publications, 2007
    With increasing aid entering many developing countries, there is a need for sound fiscal policy in order to manage these volatile flows. This paper reviews measures that should be taken in order to strengthen public financial management in order to ensure effective use of these scaled-up aid flows.
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    New actors in health financing: implications for a donor darling

    OECD Development Centre, 2006
    This policy brief, by the OECD Development Centre, examines trends in development finance, focusing on the emergence of new actors such as global funds, foundations and NGOs, who provide additional financial flows. The paper draws on the experience of Ghana’s health sector.
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    The resource curse: which institutions matter?

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
    Countries rich in natural resources on average grow more slowly than countries without such
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    Nam Theun trip 2 report and project update

    International Rivers Network, 2007
    This trip report provides information on the implementaiton of the Nam Theum 2 (NT2) agreement with respect to hydropower development in Laos. The report summarises the social and environmental impacts of the hydro project implemented by the World Bank and the Asia Development Bank (ADB) and provides recommendations for resettlement and the restoration of livelihoods.

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