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  Democracy and development: time to put politics back into poverty eradication?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Is there evidence that democracy is needed to sustain economic growth? What are the links between good governance and the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)? Could international institutions benefit from an injection of democracy?
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  From promise to performance: how rich countries can help poor countries help themselves

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2003

  This Brief assesses the progress and potential of the commitment to the Millennium Development Goals.
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  Risk and vulnerability in Ethiopia: learning from the past, responding to the present, preparing for the future

  US Agency for International Development, 2003

  This paper aims to learn from the household survival strategies in Ethiopia that have evolved to manage diverse disaster hazards with a view that such strategies can inform more effective disaster preparedness, relief, recovery and prevention, policies and interventions.This report describes the systems that are in place that are designed for the early detection of crisis, the nature of humanit
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  Approach to Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries and Japan's Contribution

  Japan International Cooperation Agency, 2003

  This paper argues that the Japanese development community should not take the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF) and Poverty Reduction Strategic Paper (PRSP) regime as given, but instead, should endeavour to conceive and propose effective approaches to poverty reduction based on its own experiences and perspectives.The paper outlines issues that should be considered by the Japanese gover
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  Harmonising donor practices for effective aid delivery: good practice papers

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2003

  This paper presents a series of good practice recommendations on how donors can enhance their operational procedures with a view to strengthening partner country ownership. It focuses on 6 areas: Framework for Donor Co-operation: This chapter sets out nine guiding principles for providing more co-ordinated and effective development assistance.Donors should support country
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  Donor information and communication technology (ICT) strategies: summary matrix

  OECD Development Centre, 2003

  This document analyses ICT for development strategies (objectives, guiding principles, institutional arrangements) and programmes designed to implement these strategies.
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  Independent evaluation of SDC’s bilateral engagement in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process

  Gerster Consulting, 2003

  This paper assess Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC's) contribution to PRSP processes and how SDC's own approach was being affected by PRSPs. The evaluation involved an SDC-wide survey on PRSP experience to date, and country case study visits to Burkina Faso, Vietnam, Nicaragua and the Kyrgyz Republic.
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  Toward country-led development: a multi-partner evaluation of the Comprehensive Development Framework: synthesis report

  World Bank, 2003

  This evaluation report synthesises the assessment of implementation of the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF).The evaluation’s primary objectives are to: identify the factors that have facilitated implementation of CDF principles, and those that have hindered itassess the extent to which CDF implementation has affected intermediate outcomes, and to the extent possible, longer
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  Human Development Report 2003: Millennium Development Goals: a compact among nations to end human poverty

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2003

  This year's report proposes a policy approach to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by addressing the structural constraints that impede economic growth and human development.
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  Poverty reduction outcomes in education and health: public expenditure and aid

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper looks at the role of public expenditure programmes in the health and education sectors and their impact on poverty. It argues for a closer donor involvement at the sector level.The evidence reviewed shows that progress towards the MDGs has slowed in some low income countries, notably in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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