Search

Searching with a thematic focus on Aid and debt, Governance

Showing 271-280 of 955 results

Pages

• Document

  "It is almost half time": will the SADC region achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the target date of 2015?

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007

  This paper summarises the proceedings of a policy dialogue on progress made towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The dialogue brought together representatives of civil society, government and intergovernmental organisations from throughout the region.
• Document

  The resource curse: which institutions matter?

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007

  Countries rich in natural resources on average grow more slowly than countries without such
• Document

  At the heart of change: the role of communication in sustainable development

  Panos Institute, London, 2007

  We have passed the half-way point of the Millennium Development Goals, yet it is almost certain that many countries will fail to reach them. One of the reasons, the authors argue, is that policymakers are neglecting the central role of information, communication and the media for successful development.
• Document

  Improving aid effectiveness in Africa through general budget support

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Donors have promised significant increases in aid to developing countries, and proposed different ways to enhance its effectiveness. General budget support, accompanied by public financial management reforms, is central to the new approach.
• Document

  Review of safeguards to protect the charitable sector from terrorist abuse

  British Overseas NGOs for Development, 2007

  This submission to the UK Home Office by the British Overseas NGOs for Development (BOND) responds to potential anti-terrorism legislation affecting the voluntary sector. The report makes recommendations on how to protect the voluntary sector from terrorist abuses and from potentially harmful anti-terrorist legislation.
• Document

  Making government budgets more accessible and equitable

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Involvement in the budget process in poor countries has traditionally been limited to a select group of political actors. But this has changed over the last decade with legislators, civil society groups and the media playing a more active role. What impact is broader engagement having?
• Document

  Balancing government, donors and civil society for poverty reduction in Uganda

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Uganda has been relatively stable since 1986, when President Museveni took power. Nevertheless, the country has not fully recovered from years of conflict and economic decline, and around half of all Ugandans live in poverty. The government, donors and non-government organisations are working to reduce poverty, but they need to work with each other to succeed.
• Document

  Consolidating stability in Haiti

  International Crisis Group, 2007

  This document discusses the security challenges facing Haiti’s President, René Préval. It also looks at some of the successes and areas of weaknesses before putting forward recommendations to UN agencies, the international community, and the President and Government.
• Document

  Size matters: the impact of aid on institutions

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2007

  This paper explores the relationship between development assistance, economic governance and the size of developing country economies.
• Document

  Engaging faith-based organisations in development

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Faith-based organisations have proliferated globally since the 1980s. The rise of the Christian right in the United States, political Islam, identity politics and public religion have grown in strength with the decline of communism and secular nationalism.

Pages