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    Building people’s agenda on ODA accountability: Bangladesh perspective - drowning with debt or development

    Equity & Justice Working Group, 2007
    Considering various economic criteria, Official Development Assistance (ODA) trend, Millenium Development Goals (MDG) progress and country’s socio-political scenario, this paper argues that Bangladesh has the right to more ODA.
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    Transforming development? the role of philanthropic foundations in international development cooperation

    Global Public Policy Institute, 2008
    New philanthropy is not only global, but is also increasingly being seen as a significant player in international development.
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    Food aid and the WTO: can new rules be effective?

    Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, 2008
    Food aid is on the menu at the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) Round of World Trade Organisation negotiations. A potential new WTO agreement is almost certain to contain rules that will limit the circumstances under which food aid will be allowed.
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    Vulnerability to hunger: improving food crisis responses in fragile states

    United Nations University, 2008
    This paper examines the imperative for improved classification and analysis of food crises in different fragile contexts. Recognising the persistence and protracted nature of food crises, the paper questions how prevention and response mechanisms could be improved to help decisionmakers better address the underlying causes of vulnerability and hunger.
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    Improving drought response in pastoral regions of Ethiopia

    Overseas Development Institute, 2008
    This study provides an overview of the timing, appropriateness and efficacy of interventions in response to the drought that affected the pastoral lowlands of Ethiopia in 2005/2006. It identifies mechanisms to initiate more timely and appropriate interventions to protect and support pastoral livelihoods and explores donor interest in resourcing these changes.
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    The impact of aid policies on domestic democratisation processes: the case of Mali

    Fride, 2008
    Aimed at assessing the impacts of aid policies on democratisation processes in Mali, this report attempts to combine a view from the South (Bamako) and the North (Madrid). It hopes to inform donors, taking a participative perspective that incorporates the opinions of a wide range of actors.
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    Cyclone Nargis: lessons for operational agencies

    Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action, 2008
    Restricted access to Myanmar and the areas affected by Cyclone Nargis has forced aid agencies to re- think their operational responses. This report aims to assist agencies by highlighting key lessons learned from other natural disasters, specifically floods, hurricanes and cyclones.
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    Fostering democratic ownership: towards greater impact on poverty

    International NGO Training and Research Centre, 2008
    Focusing on the aid effectiveness agenda, this paper reports on the extent to which the Paris Declaration promotes “democratic ownership” in specific country contexts. It explores the role of civil society participation, considers rhetoric and reality, and raises concerns about the extent to which decisions on aid are based on meaningful consultation.
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    Outcome-based conditionality: too good to be true?

    European Network on Debt and Development, 2008
    Featuring analysis and opinions on the pilot operations in three African countries: Burkina Faso, Mozambique, and Tanzania, this report analyses new approaches to contractual relations in development aid as explored and used by the World Bank, the IMF and the European Commission (EC).
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    Survey on aid allocation policies and indicative forward spending plans

    Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2008
    Aid predictability has been a major cause of concern for developing nations. Without it fiscal planning is difficult; development programmes uncertain and capacity building hindered – with donor/recipient partnerships strained as a result. Such is the importance of known and secure aid delivery that it is one of the principle commitments of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.

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