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    The new aid environment

    AidMarket, 2007
    This paper argues that the processes that shape the aid environment - the approaches to development - are inherently problematic. It claims that the existing incentive structure does not encourage good performance or efficiency. The author suggests that the system is in a desperate need of an overhauling transformation because of the contradicting incentives and objectives t
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    Special Evaluation Study on Policy-Based Lending: Emerging Practices in Supporting Reforms in Developing Member Countries

    Asian Development Bank, 2007
     
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    Long-term seed aid in Ethiopia: past, present, and future perspectives

    International Development Research Centre, 2007
    Seed aid is a significant area of humanitarian practice, intended to help vulnerable farmers recover from crises. Yet poorly-conducted aid can increase farmers’ vulnerability. This comprehensive report assesses the effects of emergency seed assistance in Ethiopia.
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    Debt and conditionality: multilateral debt relief initiative and opportunities for expanding policy space

    Third World Network, 2007
    Following the G8 meeting at Gleneagles in 2005, the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) was introduced, aiming to cancel 100 percent of eligible debt stock owed by eligible countries to international financial institutions. This paper examines the key aspects of the MDRI and considers the opportunities this framework creates for indebted countries to expand their policy space.
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    Can new aid modalities handle politics?

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2007
    Aid delivery is inherently political. In the context of increasing aid flows and greater donor coordination, how will aid interact with local political forces? This paper looks at a range of recent developments in the ways in which aid is provided, or ‘aid modalities’.
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    Trilateral development cooperation with "new donors"

    Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2007
    Many traditional aid recipient countries have recently also become donors of development aid, including China, India, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and Thailand. This brief argues that the established donors have a central role to play in involving new donors in international consensus principles on development cooperation.
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    The civil society organisation’s role in global budget support in Mozambique

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2007
    This document presents a discussion on the role played by Civil Society Organisations (CSO’s) in global budget support in Mozambique. One of the areas highlighted are the dimensions of relations between CSOs from the north and the Mozambican CSOs. Key findings include:
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    The fiscal impact of aid flows: evidence from Ethiopia

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    To asses aid effectiveness for countries where foreign aid accounts for a significant share of GDP, it is essential to understand its fiscal impacts. This One Pager assesses the fiscal implication of aid flows to Ethiopia. The results suggest that :
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    Asian models for aid: is there a non-western approach to development assistance?

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
    Increasingly, Asia's emerging market economies are entering the landscape of international aid, joining Japan as major international donors. But how different are Asian countries' aid policies to those of Western countries, and what challenges and opportunities do they represent for the global development community?
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    World Bank assistance to agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: an IEG review

    Reliefweb, 2007
    One of the major drags on Africa's development is the under-performance of the critical agriculture sector, which accounts for a large share of GDP and employment in the region. This study assesses the development effectiveness of World Bank assistance in addressing constraints to agricultural development in Africa over the period of fiscal years 1991–2006.

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