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  Will the Millennium Challenge Account be different?

  Washington Quarterly, 2003

  This paper examines the implications of the Bush administration's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), and the possible ramifications for the allocation and delivery of U.S. foreign assistance.
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  The use of science in UK international development policy

  UK Parliament, 2004

  This inquiry examines how science and technology are informing decisions on the spending of the aid budget, how research is being used to underpin policy making in international development, and how the UK is supporting science and technology in developing countries.It highlights the importance of technology and science as a tool for development.
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  Turning off the taps: donor conditionality and water privatisation in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  ActionAid International, 2004

  This paper examines the long-standing trend of international aid donors to demand that recipient countries privatise basic services and liberalise economies. These demands have been enforced through donor conditionality.
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  Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2002: toward pro-poor policies: aid, institutions and globalization

  Adapting to Change [The World Bank Group], 2004

  This report presents numerous papers from the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, held in June 2002, in Oslo, Norway.The report contains papers on aid, institutions and globalization, providing a general overview of links between poverty, inequality and growth.
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  Educating refugees in countries of first asylum: the case of Uganda

  Migration Policy Institute, 2004

  This article discusses the way an innovative new method of delivering education is seeking to provide for the future security of refugee families in Uganda. It suggests that the current model of international assistance in refugee camps and settlements tends to focus on meeting refugees’ immediate and short-term needs, neglecting longer-term goals and needs for stability and future security.
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  Aid and conflict: the policy coherence challenge

  WIDER Conference on Making Peace Work, 2004

  This paper explores the security dimensions of policy coherence for development (PCD) work, arguing that the future of aid lies in the intersection between security and development. Illustrating the interlinkages between security and development, the paper reports that there is growing evidence of a two-way causality.
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  Private sector development study: Angola

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004

  This study summarises the historical, political and economical background in Angola of relevance to the prevailing conditions for private sector development.
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  Aid effectiveness and the Millennium Development Goals

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2004

  This paper focuses on key ways in which donors can improve the quality of foreign assistance and make it more effective in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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  The expansion of the World Bank Group’s infrastructure agenda

  Citizens Network on Essential Services, USA, 2003

  This article critically reviews the World Bank’s approach to expanding its infrastructure business.
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  Inside the institutions: the World Bank and civil society

  Bretton Woods Project, 2003

  This article critically discusses the engagement of the World Bank with Civil Society Organisations (CSO).

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