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    Responses to the challenges of globalisation: a study on the international monetary and financial system and on financing for development

    European Commission Directorate-General for Development, 2002
    Discusses the reform of the international monetary and financial architecture as a response to global financial crises and the issue of financing and promoting development as a means to reduce global inequality.
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    Good governance and aid effectiveness: the World Bank and conditionality

    Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2001
    This article assesses the Bank's approach for promoting good governance in developing countries. It argues that the Bank's use of traditional approaches to strengthen good governance in developing countries is misguided.The paper outlines the concept of good governance as defined by the World Bank and others.
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    Promoting democratic governance and preventing the recurrence of conflict: the role of the United Nations Development Programme inpost conflict peace-building

    Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2001
    This paper assesses the scope and significance of the new development agenda endorsed by UNDP and attempts to gauge the promises and dilemmas of its efforts to consolidate peace by promoting democracy and strengthening good governance, focusing on the experiences of Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala.The paper first scrutinises the emergence of democracy and good governance in the agenda of t
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    International co-operation for democracy and good governance: moving toward a second generation?

    Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2001
    This paper explores international assistance to democracy and argues that, a decade on since its emergence, a second generation democracy assistance is needed.
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    Humanitarian and human rights emergencies

    Brookings Institution, 2001
    As the world's only super-power and a major humanitarian aid donor, the United States has a critical role in shaping the response to these emergencies.This policy briefing states that whether or not the Bush administration decides to maintain American leadership in this area, it will have to develop firm guidelines for humanitarian action in the cases it chooses to address.
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    Aid, shocks, and growth

    World Bank, 2001
    This article analyses the relationship between aid and growth. The analysis finds that the better a country ' s policies, the more effective aid is in raising growth in that country.
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    NORAD’s good governance and anti-corruption plan 2000-2001

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2000
    The fight against corruption is a central element in NORAD's assistance to developing countries and it is part of itsefforts to promote good governance in partner countries.
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    Corruption in Nicaragua: analysis and suggestions for next steps

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2000
    This analysis addresses the state of corruption in Nicaragua, its historical roots and recent efforts by government (as well as donors and civil society) to address the issue.
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    Corruption: selected and annotated bibliography

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2000
    Bibliography of literature on corruption, complied on behalf of NORAD. Material is presented in the following sections:general corruption-related literature, divided into one section listing books and one section on articles/reports/working paperscorruption-related literature from Norway's (NORAD's) priority partner countries and other partner countries.
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    Poverty, inequality and aid: rhetoric and reality

    Reality of Aid, 2001
    How much of the $56 billion that OECD countries counted as Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 1999 was 'real aid'? The question of whether aid is really reaching poor people is fundamental.In this Report, the authors' aim is not to belittle the progress that has been achieved.

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