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  Microfinance in post-conflict situations: a case study of Mozambique

  Centre for Development Studies, University College, Dublin, 2003

  This paper discusses the role of microfinance in facilitating effective development processes in environments coping with the impacts of war. It specifically asks whether it is possible to establish sustainable microfinance services in post-conflict situations (referred to here as post-conflict microfinance (PCM)).
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  Humanitarianism revisited? Aid vs politics in conflict

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  In the aftermath of the Rwanda genocide international consensus emerged that aid cannot be substituted for political action during conflict. There was, it was argued, a need for greater coherence of humanitarian and conflict reduction objectives. Is this ‘new humanitarianism’ working?
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  Dar es Salaam: urban livelihood security assessment

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This profile reports on an assessment by IFPRI and CARE of a number of impoverished neighbourhoods in Dar es Salaam towards the ultimate goal of targeting assistance to the poor more efficiently.
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  Jessore and Tongi: urban livelihoods in the slums

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This profile reports on surveys conducted by IFPRI and CARE in an examination of urban poverty in different settings in Bangladesh.
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  Harmonising donor practices for effective aid delivery: good practice papers

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2003

  This paper presents a series of good practice recommendations on how donors can enhance their operational procedures with a view to strengthening partner country ownership. It focuses on 6 areas: Framework for Donor Co-operation: This chapter sets out nine guiding principles for providing more co-ordinated and effective development assistance.Donors should support country
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  Donor information and communication technology (ICT) strategies: summary matrix

  OECD Development Centre, 2003

  This document analyses ICT for development strategies (objectives, guiding principles, institutional arrangements) and programmes designed to implement these strategies.
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  Lobbying by ethnic groups and aid allocation

  Economics and Policy Research Unit, Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1999

  This paper develops a political-economic model of foreign aid allocation in which lobbying in the donor countries have important implications for the allocation of foreign aid.
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  Human Development Report 2003: Millennium Development Goals: a compact among nations to end human poverty

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2003

  This year's report proposes a policy approach to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by addressing the structural constraints that impede economic growth and human development.
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  Does subsidized childcare help poor working women in urban areas?: evaluation of a government-sponsored program in Guatemala City

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost, quality childcare within their community.
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  Nothing to fall back on: why Ethiopians are still short of food and cash

  Christian Aid, 2003

  This report assesses the reasons behind Ethiopia’s poverty and ways in which governments and donors can overcome it. Reasons for Ethiopia’s vulnerability to drought, acute malnutrition and starvation include:

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