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  Financial crises and poverty in emerging market economies

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2002

  This study analyses the impact of the principal financial crises on the incidence of poverty in emerging markets. The growth impact is first identified by comparing average per capita growth in the two years prior to the crisis to that in the crisis year and the following year.
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  Policy selectivity foregone: debt and donor behaviour in Africa

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2002

  On the premise that aid is more effective when the recipient country’s policy and institutional environment satisfies some minimal criteria, this paper:assesses the dynamic behind the high net resource transfers of donors and creditors to the countries of sub-Saharan Africa in the 1980s and 1990sanalyses a panel of 37 recipient countries over the years 1978-98The key findings o
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  Structural adjustment, civil society and national cohesion in Africa

  Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000

  National cohesion and how the perceived roles and transformation of civil society under Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) have impacted on the chronic problem of statehood in Africa is an often neglected aspect of the politics of adjustment, but confronted in this paper.The first section presents an overview of the concept of civil society in the World Bank's perspective of SAP.
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  Prospective aid and indebtedness relief: a proposal

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2002

  The international community has the objective to meet the primary needs of human development in poor developing countries by 2015.This paper outlines a 15 year programme for implementing the 2015 human development targets and a potential solution for the indebtedness of 49 countries.
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  Going the extra mile: how and why creditors should go further with debt reduction for the poorest countries

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2002

  Starting from the premise that more external resources are needed for development of less developed countries and that further debt reduction is one way of delivering more resources, this paper:explains why donors should go further with debt reduction for the poorest countrieshighlights that the Paris Club countries should definitively cancel debts to allow heavily indebted poor countr
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  Structural adjustment, education and poor households in India: analysis of a sample survey

  National Council of Applied Economic Research, India, 1999

  Rapid globalisation and fast paced technological progress across the globe present new challenges for India with gradual opening up of its economy to international competition. The amount and the quality of education and skills that India possess are becoming critical factors in taking advantage of the rapid technological transformation and the transition to a more open economy.
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  Chasing shadows: re-imagining finance for development

  Jubilee Research, 2002

  Starting from the premise that finance is not about money, but about the relationships among people, states, markets and natural environment, this report provides three key-features so that finance can become a “real” tool for development.The paper warns that:in order to achieve the objectives of global security and meeting basic human development needs, the imbalance between free marke
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  Key features of IMF poverty reduction and growth facility (PRGF) supported programs

  International Monetary Fund, 2000

  This note discusses how features of the PRGF - supported programs may be incorporated into program design, at the early stages of implementing the PRSP approach. It outlines the areas of expected change and aims to use this list to give clarity to expectations, guide the internal work of mission teams and provide a benchmark to review progress within the IMF.
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  Argentina since default: the IMF and the depression

  Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, 2002

  This paper looks at Argentina's crisis since it defaulted on it's public debt in December 2001.
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  Update on the financing of PRGF and HIPC operations and the subsidization of post-conflict emergency assistance 2002

  International Monetary Fund, 2002

  This paper provides a semi-annual review of the financing of poverty reduction and growth facilities (PRGF) and highly indebted poor countries (HIPC) operations, including the status of new loan resources to support the continuation of PRGF lending and the adequacy of the Reserve Account of the PRGF Trust.In particular, this paper indicates that:concerning PRGF loan resources, ten count

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