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    The State in a changing world: World Development Report 1997: summary

    World Development Report, World Bank, 1999
    An effective state is vital for the provision of the goods and services--and the rules and institutions--that allow markets to flourish and people to lead healthier, happier lives. Without it, sustainable development, both economic and social, is impossible. Many said much the same thing fifty years ago, but then they tended to mean that development had to be state-provided.
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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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    Development cooperation between Tanzania and Finland

    Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for International Development Cooperation / FINNIDA, 1999
    The objective of this study is to assess the programme implemented since the 1960s in relation to its policy orientation, efficiency and effectiveness. In addition, an attempt is made to give views on the design and implementation of future cooperation between the two countries. The report is divided into two parts.
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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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    Civil society: IISD resource guide

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1998
    Bibilography of key paper resources concerning civil society and sustainable development accompanied by short abstracts. Also details of relevant WWW sites. Prepared by IISD Information Centre
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    Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction: A collaborative European Research Project: Objectives and Methodology for Phase II Recipient Country Case Studies

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1999
    Phase I of the study has been a series of individual donor studies undertaken in donor capitals. Phase II offers scope to explore in recipient country contexts, the perspectives of recipients and donors and their interaction as well as the comparative experience and outcomes of several EU donors in the same recipient country context - all related to poverty reduction (PR).
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    Taming the tigers: the IMF and the Asian crisis

    Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 1998
    Report begins by describing what actually happened in the three worst hit countries of Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea. It goes on to explore the human impact of the crisis. These chapters provide the material for a detailed analysis of the IMF’s role, and of the numerous failings in its performance to date.
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    Ghana Country Assistance Review: A study in Development Effectiveness

    Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank, 1995
    Bank assistance was generally effective in helping Ghana make considerable economic progress over the past decade.
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    CARE Village Banks Project, Guatemala

    Sustainable Banking with the Poor ,World Bank, 1998
    The Women’s Village Banking (VB) Program of CARE Guatemala provides particularly interesting insights into some of the issues and challenges facing village banking programs around the world. Like many programs started in the 1980's, the CARE VB program was created as an experiment in the increasingly popular field of microenterprise finance.
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    FINCA: Insights from a unique approach to village banking [in Costa Rica]

    Sustainable Banking with the Poor ,World Bank, 1998
    FINCA Costa Rica has been both a leader and a non-conformist in village banking. As one of the first village banking examples in Latin America, the program offers valuable lessons to other village banking institutions. While still retaining the FINCA name, FINCA Costa Rica has split from FINCA International, the US-based NGO that is credited with developing the village banking methodology.

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