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  The Management of British Bilateral Aid and its Effectiveness

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1999

  This paper looks at how the Overseas Development Administration (ODA) manages the British bilateral aid programme. It initially examines its strategic approach to aid allocation and use. A major interest is how its aid objectives are translated into spending plans and activities through country programming and organisation and staffing of country delivery of aid.
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  Danish aid policies for poverty reduction : from non - committal statements to a more strategic approach

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1996

  The paper provides an analysis of Danida policies in the poverty reduction area. Current Danish aid efforts to address poverty issues are based on a prolonged understanding among policy makers and aid bureaucrats that a basic premise of Danish aid has been its focus on alleviating poverty.
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  Reducing corruption

  World Bank Policy and Research Bulletin, 1997

  An effective state can contribute powerfully to sustainable development and the reduction of poverty. But there is no guarantee that state intervention will benefit society
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  Making debt relief work: a test of political will

  Oxfam, 1998

  Two years ago the adoption by the Governing Boards of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative appeared to signal the beginning of the end of the debt crisis in the world's poorest countries.
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  Economic Reforms And Health Conditions Of The Urban Poor In Tanzania

  African Studies Quarterly, 1997

  This paper describes the impact of Economic Reforms on the health conditions of the urban poor in Tanzania. The main argument advanced is that Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs) have exacerbated the declining condition of the urban areas rather than improved them.
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  The Geographic Scope of EC Aid: One or Several Development Policies?

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1997

  This paper describes the origins of the EC development cooperation and its general characteristics.
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  Rebuilding Support for International Cooperation: New Constituencies in a Global Village

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1997

  This paper provides a brief overview of changes in the international cooperation constistuencies that support the cooperation efforts of the European Union, its Member States, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The reasons for the changes and their impact are briefly discussed.
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  Swedish Development Cooperation with India - in a Poverty Reduction Perspective

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998

  The paper gives an overview of Sweden's development cooperation with India, viewed from a poverty reduction perspective. It is one of the products of a research project, entitled 'Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction in India', carried out in 1997 by a group of four European and eleven Indian researchers.
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  Danish Development Cooperation with India - in a Poverty Reduction Perspective

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998

  The paper gives an overview of Denmark's official development cooperation with India, viewed from a poverty reduction perspective. It is one of the products of a research project, entitled 'Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction in India', carried out in 1997 by a group of four European and eleven Indian researchers.
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  Structural and Sectoral Adjustment World Bank Experience, 1980-92

  Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank, 1995

  Adjustment lending has been the subject of considerable scrutiny and debate. Six years ago, the Operations Evaluation Department (OED) published its first review of experience with this form of lending.

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