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World Development Report 2003: sustainable development in a dynamic economy (draft)
World Development Report, World Bank, 2002This year's WDR looks at how to manage the substantial growth in output and productivity which is predicted for developing countries in the next 50 years.The problem:Key change processes are technological innovation, income growth, demographic change and urban transitions.DocumentLimitations of grassroot organisations
Governance and Development Review, IDS, 2002A recent review has focused on how authority and control are exercised within civil society institutions and between civil society and the state.DocumentAid and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: accounting for transmission mechanisms
Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2006This revised paper is a contribution to the literature on aid and growth. Despite an extensive empirical literature in this area, existing studies have not addressed directly the mechanisms via which aid should affect growth.DocumentOn the empirics of foreign aid and growth
Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2002Looks at three issues in the aid effectiveness debate: the theoretical case for foreign aid. Using an endogenous growth version of the standard overlapping generations model, we show that aid can be an effective policy tool in spurring growth in poor countries.DocumentKosovo and the changing face of humanitarian action
Collegium for Development Studies, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, 2001Proceedings from the conference Kosovo and the Changing Face of Humanitarian Action that took place in Uppsala on May 8, 2001. The conference was organised by the Collegium for Development Studies in co-operation with Globkom, the Swedish Parliamentary Commission on Global Development.DocumentKnowledge-based international aid: do we want it, do we need it?
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2001This paper approaches “knowledge-based aid” in vogue today within the international aid community from the following specific perspectives:a view “from the South”a critical perspective,a regional focus on Latin America,a focus on educationa focus on the World Bank (WB) as a paradigmatic Agency, given its contemporary leading role in shaping the North/South cooperation modeDocumentHow does the proposed level of foreign economic aid under the Bush budget [2002] compare with historical levels?: and what would be the effects of Bush's new "Millennium Challenge Account"
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, USA, 2002Examines the trends in U.S. non-military aid to other countries and how the Administration's proposed budget for fiscal year 2003 would affect those trends.The analysis examines three standards for measuring aid over time: aid as a percentage of total government outlays, aid as a percentage of the economy, and aid in inflation-adjusted terms.DocumentGrants: a better way to deliver aid
International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, US Congress (Meltzer Commission), 2002The World Bank should move toward providing international development aid in the form of performance-based grants instead of loans. Performance-based grants would cost the same as traditional loans but they would deliver more benefits to the global poor.DocumentInternational Conference on Financing for Development
United Nations Department of Public Information, 2002United Nations meeting held in Monterrey, Mexico from 18-22 March 2002, a summit-level meeting to address key financial issues related to global development.