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Critical conditions: the IMF maintains its grip on low-income governments
European Network on Debt and Development, 2008Faced with strong criticism for its expansive and poor use of conditionality, and in the wake of a financial crisis, in 2002 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a set of guidelines to inform its use of structural conditionality.DocumentDelivering better aid: an opportunity for European Union leadership in the fight against global poverty
European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development, 2008This paper addresses the issue of aid effectiveness in the fight against global poverty. It particularly focuses on the leadership role that could be played by the European Union (EU) in 2008 and calls for reform in EU aid to meet high quality standards.DocumentTen reasons why the Rockefeller and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations’ Alliance for another green revolution will not solve the problems of poverty and hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa
Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2008This article analyses the effectiveness of the investment that the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced - a joint ‘Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa’ (AGRA). The authors argue that, based on the first Green Revolution experience, this initiative will not succeed because:DocumentNorth/ South CSO relations: a northern perspective
Canadian Council for International Co-operation, 2007This paper comments on north-south Civil Society Organisation (CSO) relations in the context of the aid effectiveness and Paris Declaration (PD) agenda. It specifically looks at whether northern CSOs are ready to apply the PD’s principles in their relations with Southern CSOs, i.e. create more equitable partnerships in the aid process.DocumentTowards achieving authentic national ownership
CSO Parallel Process to the Ghana High Level Forum Network, 2008This paper presents a collection of southern expert’s perspectives on ownership, conditionality, development cooperation and aid.DocumentInstitutions, impact synergies and food security: a methodology with results from the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka
International Water Management Institute, 2007Governments and development agencies constantly plan, implement, and evaluate various development interventions, and there is an understandable concern over the actual impacts that these interventions generate.DocumentThe impacts of development-induced displacement on human security
Centre of International Studies and Research, 2007This paper discusses how development induced displacement can impact human security – specifically in relation to the building of dams. It analyses current efforts being made by financial institutions to put in place appropriate mitigation and monitoring mechanisms to counter the negative impacts on human security.DocumentSecurity, the War on Terror, and ODA
North-South Institute, 2007Is aid now used as a tool to meet geo-political ends? Has the focus shifted away from poverty-alleviation to ‘ensuring’ that, in respect of the War on Terror (WOT), recipient governments do not become unstable and a breeding ground for ‘terrorists’?DocumentFalling short: aid effectiveness in Afghanistan
Oxfam, 2008It is argued that even though aid is essential to Afghanistan, too much of it is being wasted. Increasing insecurity and criminality is jeopardising progress.DocumentImplementing the Paris declaration: implications for the promotion of women's rights and gender equality
Canadian Council for International Co-operation, 2008This paper analyses the implications for the promotion of women’s rights and gender equality in respect of the Paris Declaration (PD). It analyses the Five Principles of the Paris Declaration, looks at new aid modalities in the PD framework, and evaluates the current PD monitoring and evaluation system from a gender perspective.Pages