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  An assessment of the effects of Norwegian development assistance on poverty reduction and conflict prevention

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 2001

  This study assesses the impact of Norwegian aid assistance. Recent research into aid effectiveness has shown that aid is most effective in poverty reduction when it is targeted to countries that are very poor and (among those countries) when it is focused on those that have made substantial progress reforming economic institutions and policies.
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  Foreign assistance in focus: emerging trends

  Interaction [American Council for Voluntary International Action], 2003

  This report analyses emerging trends in US foreign assistance policy and the way it is carried out.
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  Call for establishment of a fair and transparent arbitration mechanism on debt

  African Forum and Network on Debt and Development, 2002

  This policy briefing states that a fundamental weakness in the current debt crisis is that the creditors, (donors) continue to dominate the decision making regarding how to resolve the Debt crisis.
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  Getting serious about meeting the Millennium development goals

  World Bank, 2003

  This report reviews the implementation of the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF) principles in 48 low-income countries.
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  Policy (in) coherence in European Union support to developing countries: a three country case study

  ActionAid International, 2003

  What is the impact of a range of EU policies on poor people in Bangladesh, Brazil and Kenya? This paper examines key policy areas (including trade, aid, agricultural policies and support to Foreign Direct Investment) to assess the coherence of EU policy in supporting development.
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  Fiscal sustainability in African HIPC countries: a policy dilemma?

  International Monetary Fund, 2003

  This paper looks at the link between fiscal policy and debt sustainability in a number of African countries participating in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. The paper finds that, on the basis of current fiscal policies, debt levels will remain unsustainable even after these countries graduate from the HIPC Initiative. This finding has important policy implications.
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  A fresh start for Iraq: the case for debt relief

  Oxfam, 2003

  This paper makes a case for writing off Iraq's debt incurred as foreign aid during Saddam Hussein's regime. It argues that the country's dect is unpayable, but also that there are wider moral and legal grounds for reducing Iraq's debt as odious and illegitimate.
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  The IMF and the Millennium Goals: failing to deliver for low income countries

  Oxfam, 2003

  This paper states that the IMF plays a key role in defining how much governments can spend, based on their definition of what countries' stabilised macro-economic policies ought to be.
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  Debt and the Millennium Development Goals

  Oxfam, 2003

  This paper sets out the policy actions required by the World Bank, IMF, and bilateral donors if their stated commitment to the fulfilment of the MDGs is to be taken seriously. In committing to finance the MDGs, the donor community has set itself a huge challenge .
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  Online event: Developing poverty assessment tools email listserv

  Eldis Poverty Resource Guide, 2003

  USAID has been asked to develop and certify at least two tools for assessing the poverty levels of its microenterprise beneficiaries.This tool is being developed with a view to measuring proportions of very poor clients amongst recipients of microenterprise services.

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