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  Private sector development study: Angola

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004

  This study summarises the historical, political and economical background in Angola of relevance to the prevailing conditions for private sector development.
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  Money talks: how aid conditions continue to drive utility privatisation in poor countries

  ActionAid International, 2004

  This study of the World Bank and IMF’s own reports finds that the continued use of loan conditionality to impose the privatisation of water, electricity and other utility services on developing countries occurs in a number of ways:in some cases utility privatisation is explicitly included in key documents outlining loan conditions, at times ignoring outcomes of the PRSP consultations and
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  Creating a financial bridge to the private sector

  Global Philanthropy and Foundation Building, Synergos Institute, 2000

  This chapter from the book 'Foundation building sourcebook: a practitioners guide based on experience in Africa, Asia and Latin America' describes several approaches to building a financial bridge between the private sector and community development initiatives.
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  Fighting corruption in state-business relations (small and medium business in St. Petersburg)

  Regional Think Tanks Partnership Program, Russian Federation, 2004

  Recent studies identify Russia's regional and municipal levels as the most corrupt levels of authority. A survey of small and medium business owners showed that 76 percent of businesspeople thought corruption was a significant phenomenon.The paper is a Russian part of the project “Prospects for Fighting Corruption in Post-Socialist Countries: the Cases of Russia and Hungary”. It analyses St.
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  Private sector involvement in policy making in a poverty-stricken liberal democracy

  Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway, 2003

  Looks at the attempt by Zambia to operate a system of advocacy pluralism, involving the private sector and civil society in policy setting.
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  Access to and privatisation of education

  International Youth Parliament, Oxfam, 2003

  This document, a chapter of the International Youth Parliament’s Youth Commission Report, considers the way that globalisation affects young people and their communities in the specific field of education.It argues that the processes of globalisation have both positive and negative effects on young people and their right to education.
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  Winners and losers: privatising the commons in Botswana

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004

  This paper explores key issues relating to the privatisation of livestock production in Botswana, with particular relevance to pastoral livelihoods.The paper reviews the history of land policy; summarises developments in recent years of rangeland policies; and analyses the economic, social and environmental impact of the process of privatising the commons in Botswana.Main conclusions include
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  Transforming roles but not reality? Private sector and community involvement in tourism and forestry development on the Wild Coast, South Africa

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003

  This paper reviews the changing roles of private sector and local residents in tourism and forestry development, looking both at what is envisaged in policies and plans, and what is emerging, taking the Wild Coast, South Africa as a case study.Main findings include:policy attention is focusing on wilderness, tourism, and forestry assets as opportunities for investment led economic growt
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  A comparative study of GCC banks technical efficiency

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2001

  This paper estimates the technical efficiency of 52 banks of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and presents a brief overview of the banking sector in GCC countries.The paper uses earning assets, loans and investments as outputs, and fixed assets, labour and financial capital as inputs to measure efficiency and finds that:there is ample room for GCC banks to improve their technical effi
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  Public-private partnerships in agricultural research: an analysis of challenges facing industry and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  This paper asks why it is that, whilst public-private partnerships offer potentially important opportunities for pro-poor agricultural research in developing countries, few examples of successful public-private partnerships have come to light.The study hypothesises that the willingness and ability of public agencies and private firms to enter into partnerships are constrained by:fundame

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