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    The tsunami aid delivery system and humanitarian priciples

    Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2007
    This report analyses the delivery of tsunami aid in Sri Lanka through international non-governmental organisations and the interface between the international aid delivery system and Sri Lankan governance institutions, civil society organisations and communities.
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    Aid for trade at a glance 2007: first global review

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2007
    This report takes stock of trends and developments in aid flows between 2002-2005 that are most closely related to aid for trade. Setting out the Wold Trade Organisation (WTO) monitoring framework, it briefly outlines donor and partner country responses to the survey on their aid for trade strategies, pledges and delivery.
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    Accountability in poverty reduction strategies: the role of empowerment and participation

    Social Development, World Bank, 2007
    This paper is part of a research project analysing the participation of stakeholders beyond the drafting process of Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS). A number of constraints impede meaningful participation in many countries. However, exceptions demonstrate that meaningful participation in PRS processes is possible.
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    Blind spot: the continued failure of the World Bank and IMF to fully assess the impact of their advice on poor people

    European Network on Debt and Development, 2007
    Do the World Bank and the IMF fully consider how their advice might affect the lives of the poor? This paper contends that both institutions should ensure that before they recommend a course of action, they analyse its impacts on poor people through the use of Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA).
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    Civil society perspectives on the Paris Declaration and aid effectiveness

    CSO Parallel Process to the Ghana High Level Forum Network, 2007
    While civil society organisations (CSOs) were present during the signing of the Paris Declaration (PD) in March 2005, there have been growing concerns about the lack of an active civil society role in the process.  This briefing paper highlights some of the current and past concerns of CSOs about what it means for aid to be really effective.
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    Understanding the political economy of climate change is vital to tackling it

    Overseas Development Institute, 2007
    Climate change has reached the top of the international agenda even while debates about its causes, consequences, timing, trajectory and remedies continue. This opinion piece argues that there are two primary problems which plague ongoing discussions about climate change:
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    Donor harmonisation: between effectiveness and democratisation: theoretical framework and methodology for country case studies

    Fride, 2007
    In the context of FRIDE's research project entitled "Donor harmonisation: Between effectiveness and democratisation", this paper presents the analytical and conceptual framework that form the basis for the upcoming country studies in Mali, Nicaragua, Peru and Vietnam.
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    Spanish development cooperation: right on track or missing the mark?

    Fride, 2007
    Since 2004, Spanish development cooperation has undergone rapid reform. Spain has increased development funding in an unprecedented manner. Based on the 2004 Government plans, this report documents the results three years later.
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    Durable management for durable solutions: organisational performance review Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2007
    The main objective of this review is to assess Norwegian Refugee Council's (NRC) ability to achieve effective aid given its available financial, human and professional resources and work methods. In addition to interviews at the NRC headquarters in Oslo and the Geneva office, the paper is centred on two case countries, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Colombia.
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    Pioneers, partners, providers: the dynamics of civil society & AIDS funding in southern Africa

    Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, South Africa, 2007
    There has been a huge increase in the amount of money available to fight AIDs thanks to the Global Fund and the United States President’s Emergency Plan. However, there is a widespread perception in southern Africa that these funds are being ‘wasted’. So what should be done to improve efficiency, delivery and effective resource management?

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