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    Avoiding 40% of the premature deaths in each country, 2010-30: review of national mortality trends to help quantify the UN Sustainable Development Goal for health

    The Lancet, 2015
    The UN will formulate ambitious Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, including one for health. Feasible goals with some quantifiable, measurable targets can influence governments.
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    Risks and opportunities in securing increased resources for MDGs at the national level

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    Without adequate funding support, the achievement of the MDGs, particularly those in which the Philippines is lagging behind, may not be likely. It cannot be denied that financing does not automatically translate into outcomes. However, while financing may not be a sufficient condition, it is, to a large extent, a necessary condition for the attainment of the MDGs.
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    Quality education for all children? Briefing paper

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2013
    Governments and donors as part of their commitment to achieve Education for All by 2015 have pledged to get children into school, provide them with quality education and respond to their learning needs. But what is most effective in getting children into school, keeping them there and ensuring that they learn?
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    Targeting groups at risk of extremism through security and justice programming

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2014
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following question: What evidence is there that security and justice programming (by DFID or other donors) targets specific groups (populations and victims) at risk of extremism and how has the impact been measured?Key findings include:
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    The multilateral system’s contribution to peace and security

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2014
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Literature review: what does recent analysis suggest about the contribution of the multilateral system to international development goals on peace and security?The literature broadly suggests that:
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    Public works: an effective safety net for the poor?

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2009
    Rigorous evaluations of the impacts of public works programmes in low and middle income countries are limited. Programmes can be successful in terms of targeting poor people, as well as generating short-term employment and income gains for participants. However, there is less evidence in terms of sustainable income gains and the benefits to poor people from the assets created.
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    Development and diplomacy through lines of credit achievements and lessons learnt

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2014
    In 2014, Lines of Credit (LOCs) will complete a decade as one of India's central instruments in its Development Cooperation Programme. The instrument has not only reshaped India's position as an emerging non-DAC (Development Assistance Committee) donor but also helped the country leverage its strategic and economic investments overseas.
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    A Simple Poverty Scorecard for the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    How poor are participants of development projects in the Philippines? This paper uses the 2002 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey to construct an easy-to-use objective poverty scorecard that estimates the likelihood that a participant has income below the national poverty line. The scorecard uses 10 simple indicators that field workers can quickly collect and verify.
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    Does Results-Based Aid change anything? Pecuniary interests, attention, accountability and discretion in four case studies

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2015
    This paper studies foreign assistance programmes called Results-Based Aid (RBA) in which one government disburses funds to another for achieving an outcome.
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    Corporate debt market in India: lessons from the South African experience

    Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014
    Development of long-term debt markets is critical for the mobilisation of the huge magnitude of funding required to finance potential businesses as well as infrastructure expansion. India has been distinctly lagging behind other emerging economies in developing its long-term corporate debt market.

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