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  Towards a New Partnership: Assessment of Government Performance

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1998

  Lome IV is approaching its natural conclusion. In cooperation of the EU with the ACP countries, the EU has decided to move away from what it calls a partnership dominated by a 'culture of entitlement' to a more practical, realistic and business-like partnership.
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  Bridging the gap?: the parallel universes of the non-profit and non-governmental organisation research traditions and the changing context of voluntary action

  Centre for Civil Society, LSE, 1998

  Makes a set of general observations about international third sector research and argues that there are currently two 'parallel universes' of literature.
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  Promises to the Poor: the Record of European Development Agencies

  Overseas Development Institute, 1998

  All the European development cooperation agencies subscribe to the international goal of reducing poverty by one half by 2015 but they have different strategies for achieving it.
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  How Bad Governance Impedes Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh

  OECD Development Centre, 1998

  In 1995/96, 47.5 per cent of the population of Bangladesh were still living below the poverty line. While this represents a decline compared to 62.6 per cent in 1983/84, the absolute number of poor people has in fact increased over the same period.
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  Making Adjustment Work for the Poor

  Overseas Development Institute, 1999

  Many developing countries are engaged in structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) sponsored by the IMF and World Bank.
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  Politics and poverty: a background paper for the World Development Report 2000/1

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  Report is a synthesis of the conclusions of a research project on the responsiveness of political systems to poverty reduction prepared for DFIDPolicy issues include: Democracy has differential outcomes for the poorStates create and shape the political opportunities for the poorThere is no reason to expect that decentralisation will be pro-poorThere is a wide range of possib
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  Attacking Poverty: World Development Report 2000/2001

  World Development Report, World Bank, 2000

  The report builds on the view that poverty means not only low incomes and low consumption but also lack of education and poor nutrition and health.
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  The determinants of the national position of Brazil on climate change : empirical reflections

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1997

  International negotiations on the Framework Convention on Climate Change have been characterized by severe polarization between developed and developing countries. The G77, led by major countries such as Brazil, India, and China, illustrated a remarkable capacity to manifest its importance in the final text of the Convention.
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  UNDP Human Development Report 1999

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 1999

  Focuses on issues of inter-dependence and globalisation. Considers how markets have been allowed to dominate the process, and the benefits and opportunities have not been shared equitably. Argues that while many millions of people are being further marginalized by their lack of access to new technologies, including the Internet, growing inequalities are not inevitable.
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  Eliminating world poverty: making globalisation work for the poor

  DFID White Paper on Eliminating World Poverty: Making Globalisation Work for the Poor, 2000

  While progress has been made over the years in development, many challenges yet remain in order to make globalisation work for the poor.

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