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    A fiscal stimulus to address the effects of the global financial crisis on sub-Saharan Africa

    Overseas Development Institute, 2009
    Developed countries are addressing the current financial crisis with fiscal stimuli. This paper examines the effects of various stimuli on growth in the world and in developing countries. It examines the effects of providing an aid financed fiscal stimulus in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
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    Alternative development financing mechanism: pre-crisis trends and post crisis outlook

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 2009
    External financial flows have long held a central place in debates about how to promote socio-economic development in poor countries. Alternative development theories typically map into different views regarding the desirable form and volume of external inflows. Over past decade, development policy has witnessed a clear shift towards a poverty reduction agenda.
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    Evaluation of technical assistance to post-conflict countries-Mozambique and Rwanda

    International Monetary Fund, 2009
    This evaluation of technical assistance (TA) in statistics covers two post-conflict countries, namely, Mozambique and Rwanda during the period 2000–08.
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    Global monitoring report 2009: a development emergency

    World Bank, 2009
    The world was falling behind on the MDGs before the financial crisis. Now further setbacks are threatened and the urgency for action is greatly increased. The April 2009 Global Monitoring Report says that the sharp growth slowdown essentially eliminates the pre-crisis prospect of continued poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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    What is poverty reduction?

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2009
    In recent years, the development community has emphasised poverty reduction – defined as increases in economic growth - as the main objective of foreign assistance. In part, this has been to prevent aid from being diverted to other goals. But poverty reduction encompasses many goals, some of which are contradictory.
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    Mutual Accountability at country level: emerging good practice

    Overseas Development Institute, 2009
    Mutual accountability is a practical response to recent experiences in building greater transparency and accountability at country level - and the lessons learned about the role of country ownership in delivering development results.
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    From corporate philanthropy to strategic partnerships: the potential for inclusive and sustainable business models in MENA

    Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait, 2009
    The economic turmoil brought about by the financial crisis of 2008, compounded by the impacts of a food crisis and pending climate change, has exacerbated many of the existing development challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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    The concepts of odious debt and illegitimate debt: how useful are they in the framework of international responsible lending?

    Choike, 2009
    This paper discusses the dynamics involved in inter-country ‘borrowing’ and the 'exploitative' direction the lending countries have taken in the post world war II era. The paper says that, the present debate on types of sovereign debts and the legal quality of claims may be interpreted as re-visiting the past.
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    Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG)

    The Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University, seeks to prepare students to pave the road for innovative policy developments in Europe and the world today. 
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    The economic effects of restricted access to land in the West Bank

    World Bank, 2008
    In developing countries, land often provides a foundation for economic activities in a variety of sectors. In the West Bank, it takes on a particular significance as economic activity is stifled by conflict and much of the land area is inaccessible due to Israeli restrictions on movement of people and access to natural resources.

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