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    Ethical trade: an end or a means?

    Natural Resources Institute, UK, 1999
    This article defines ethical trade and then examines its relation with international development.
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    Ethical trade and agricultural standards: getting people to talk.

    Natural Resources Institute, UK, 1999
    The emergence of ethical trade, and particularly ethical sourcing involving the commercial mainstream, creates an opportunity to transform the value chain between Southern producers and Northern consumers into a values chain that improves the quality of life in developing countries.At present, there is too little information to assess whether the implementation of codes, that are currently the
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    A review of indicators of agricultural and rural livelihood sustainability

    Centre for Agricultural Food and Resource Economics, University of Manchester, 2000
    Attempts to provide a background guide to those involved in the development of indicators of sustainable systems with a particular focus on natural resource management. It originated from the need to develop and measure indicators of successful and failing farming systems as part of a research project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID).
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    Conflict's children: the human cost of small arms in Kitgum and Kotido, Uganda

    Oxfam, 2001
    Reporting on a field study conducted in several areas and instutions in Kitgum and Kotido (Uganda), this paper presents a literature review, results of informant interviews, and assesses the impact of small arms on education.Conclusions and recommendations:Small arms have played a major role in creating the devastating poverty and misery experienced by the majority of the civilian po
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    Can social safety nets contribute to poverty reduction in Africa?

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001
    This study examined the design and impacts of cash transfer programmes in three southern Africa countries. Design choices such as targeting, transfer levels and transfer mode (cash or food) require sensitivity by policy-makers and participation by intended beneficiaries.
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    The impact of agricultural extension on farm production in resettlement areas of Zimbabwe

    Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2001
    This paper examines the impact of agricultural extension on farm production.
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    The redistributive state and conflicts in Africa

    Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2001
    This paper argues that ethnic problems are only one aspect of political violence in Africa, while violent conflicts must be thought about as a failure of the state to perform some of its fundamental tasks.State formation in Africa is a transition process starting from an institutional endowment of ethnic division.
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    Trade policy and economic performance in sub-Saharan Africa

    Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 1998
    Focuses on the role of trade and trade policy in achieving sustained long-term growth in Sub-Saharan Africa.Conclusion: too much focus on "outward orientation" and "openness" can be counterproductive, if it diverts policymakers' attention away from the growth fundamentals and treats trade rather than economic growth as a yardstick of success.Rodrik gives a list of more specific conc
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    The sustainability enigma: aid dependency and the phasing out of projects: the case of Swedish aid

    Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 1999
    Using interviews and evaluation materials from twelve Swedish funded projects in Tanzania as cases, this study assesses the relationship between aid dependence and project phase out performance.Findings: project phasing out is complicated by the lack of financial sustainability of the supported institutions.
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    Aid dependence and governance

    Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 2000
    This study analyses the political economy of aid dependence. It argues that large amounts of aid, delivered to countries with weak institutions, create some of the institutional problems that lead to ineffective governance.

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