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    Changing IMF Policies

    IFIwatchnet, 2008
    This paper highlights the shortage of doctors, nurses and teachers hired in developing countries. It critically addresses current International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies with a focus on the need to change its practices in order to improve the situation.
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    Blind spot: the continued failure of the World Bank and IMF to fully assess the impact of their advice on poor people

    European Network on Debt and Development, 2007
    Do the World Bank and the IMF fully consider how their advice might affect the lives of the poor? This paper contends that both institutions should ensure that before they recommend a course of action, they analyse its impacts on poor people through the use of Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA).
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    A human development approach to preventing new cycles of debt: a CIDSE background paper

    International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity, 2007
    Irresponsible lending and the lack of creditor accountability for it are arguably at the very heart of the endless string of creditor-driven attempts to grant indebted countries “a lasting exit” from debt problems. This paper argues for the establishment of a binding framework to deal with sovereign debt.
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    Special Evaluation Study on Policy-Based Lending: Emerging Practices in Supporting Reforms in Developing Member Countries

    Asian Development Bank, 2007
     
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    Debt and conditionality: multilateral debt relief initiative and opportunities for expanding policy space

    Third World Network, 2007
    Following the G8 meeting at Gleneagles in 2005, the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) was introduced, aiming to cancel 100 percent of eligible debt stock owed by eligible countries to international financial institutions. This paper examines the key aspects of the MDRI and considers the opportunities this framework creates for indebted countries to expand their policy space.
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    The fiscal impact of aid flows: evidence from Ethiopia

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    To asses aid effectiveness for countries where foreign aid accounts for a significant share of GDP, it is essential to understand its fiscal impacts. This One Pager assesses the fiscal implication of aid flows to Ethiopia. The results suggest that :
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    World Bank assistance to agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: an IEG review

    Reliefweb, 2007
    One of the major drags on Africa's development is the under-performance of the critical agriculture sector, which accounts for a large share of GDP and employment in the region. This study assesses the development effectiveness of World Bank assistance in addressing constraints to agricultural development in Africa over the period of fiscal years 1991–2006.
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    Budget support: as good as the strategy it finances

    Social Watch, 2007
    International aid donors have increasingly moved toward direct budget support as a means of reducing poverty and meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This article discusses the relevance of budget support to financing the MDGs, how it should be designed and what attitude civil society organisations should adopt towards it. 
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    Discontent, confusion, non-transparency: how to become relevant in Latin America

    Bank Information Center, 2007
    Since October 2005,  the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) has undergone significant changes in structure and lending practices, under the leadership of the new President Alberto Moreno. This report provides a background on these changes and higlights issues of concern. The Bank’s restructuring process consisted of three principal components:
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    Programme conditions, project safeguards: quo vadis World Bank?

    Bretton Woods Project, 2007
    Conditional lending remains a controversial aspect of World Bank lending. These conditions have often placed an undue burden on developing countries and at the same time have undermined human rights and the environment. This policy brief discusses the evolution of conditionality at the World Bank and the current landscape of programme conditions and project safeguards.

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