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    The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)

    The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a nonpartisan American public policy and grantmaking institution which aims to promote greater cooperation and understanding between No
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    Good governance, aid modalities and poverty reduction. From better theory to better practice

    Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2008
    In 2008, the international community came together twice, in Accra and Doha, to assess the progress made in implementing the Millennium Development Goals commitments. This report synthesises the findings of a two-year research project which speaks directly to the agenda of these high-level reviews.
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    (Re)building developmental states: from theory to practice

    Overseas Development Institute, 2006
    This paper contributes to a dialogue about the role of the state in promoting development and about what the international aid community can (and cannot) do to help build stronger, more effective and better-governed states in the developing world.
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    A mandate to mainstream: promoting gender equality in Afghanistan

    Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2009
    Gender mainstreaming is an example of policy transferred across different national contexts and has been added to the mix of international prescriptions for rebuilding the Afghan state. This study explores the ways that mainstreaming is being implemented in Afghanistan. It examines whether it could be useful or effective as one of various means to further gender equality.
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    Political economy of development and poverty in Africa: an overview

    INSouth, 2008
    What causes the continued endemic poverty in Africa - a continent rich with natural resources? This paper also argues for a historical materialist approach, which exposes the condition of widespread routine poverty, unemployment, malnutrition and inequality to be a modern world-historical product, the outcome of five centuries of global capitalist expansion under relations of imperialism.
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    The economic effects of restricted access to land in the West Bank

    World Bank, 2008
    In developing countries, land often provides a foundation for economic activities in a variety of sectors. In the West Bank, it takes on a particular significance as economic activity is stifled by conflict and much of the land area is inaccessible due to Israeli restrictions on movement of people and access to natural resources.
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    A guide for monitoring and evaluation of Avian Influenza programs in Southeast Asia

    MEASURE Evaluation, 2008
    As the world enters its sixth year of responding to the challenges posed by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the international community has recognized the need to move from an emergency mindset to a mid- to long-term perspective. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems form a critical element in these longer-term approaches.
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    With friends like these, who needs enemies? aiding the world's worst dictators

    Mercatus Center, George Mason University, 2008
    This paper reviews the foreign aid provided to the world’s worst living dictators. It considers arguments for the continued provision of aid as well as reasons why aid fails to improve the situations in countries ruled by these dictators.
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    Partnership to Protect: CSOs and the AU : An advocacy toolkit for civilian protection

    African Centre for Humanitarian Action - Africa Humanitarian Action, 2008
    Around the world, most people agree that governments must be the ones responsible for making sure that their people are protected. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. In this case, it is the responsibility of both intergovernmental organisations, like the AU, and international organisations, such as CSOs, to help protect civilians.
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    European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi)

    The European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) focuses on overcoming a key limitation of the UN climate change negotiations - the lack of a level playing field between delegations, both North-South,

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