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    Reviewing the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus: draft Doha document

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2008
    The international community will be meeting in Doha in December to review the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus (2002). This landmark agreement sought to establish a framework and conditions to ensure that developing countries’ economies were appropriately supported – specifically, in order that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) could be realised.
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    From Paris to Accra: building the global governance of aid

    Fride, 2008
    The Third High-Level Forum on Aid effectiveness has commenced. The Accra conference will seek to build on the ‘achievements’ of the Paris Declaration (PD) of 2005 and evaluate its impact. There is indeed much to discuss in Ghana with consternation that the PD’s high technical standards for aid effectiveness have been ‘politicised’.
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    A capital story

    IMF Publications, 2008
    Capital flows are at historic highs in Low-Income Countries (LICs). Private-source inflows have quadrupled relative to LIC GDPs since the 1980s. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has risen also more than tenfold between the 1980s and 2006. However, official aid to poor countries has not become visible. The reasons for the dramatic shift are diverse.
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    Does aid mitigate external shocks?

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2008
    This paper investigates the role of aid in mitigating the adverse effects of commodity export price shocks on growth in commodity-dependent countries. It also looks at whether aid has historically been targeted at shock-prone countries. Some key findings include:
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    Field manual: supporting microfinance through grants in post-crisis settings

    Microfinance Gateway, CGAP, 2007
    This field manual offers guidance to small grant program managers on supporting microfinance institutions (MFIs) in countries recovering from conflict or natural disaster through small, short-term grants.
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    Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

    The Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy.
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    Banking for development: private banks and aid donors in developing countries

    OECD Development Centre, 2007
    Over the past decade, aid donors have shown interest for the private financial sector while, at the same time, private banks have shown increasing concern for corporate social responsibility. Private banks are actively involved in developing countries where they generate employment and introduce best practices.
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    Economic report on Africa 2008

    UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2008
    This Economic Report on Africa reviews:  developments in the world economy  recent economic performances and growth prospects in Africa  global development challenges for Africa
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    Riding the wave: monetary responses to aid surges in low-income countries

    Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2007
    Highly persistent shocks to aid flows such as HIPC or MDG-related increases in net flows have beneficial long-run effects. However, they produce dramatic macroeconomic management problems in the short-run when there is currency substitution by the domestic private sector. To avoid excessive floating of the exchange rate due to capital inflows, authorities intervene in the foreign exchange market.
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    Critical conditions: the IMF maintains its grip on low-income governments

    European Network on Debt and Development, 2008
    Faced with strong criticism for its expansive and poor use of conditionality, and in the wake of a financial crisis, in 2002 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a set of guidelines to inform its use of structural conditionality.

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