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    The effectiveness of EC development assistance

    International Development Committee, UK, 2000
    Review by UK Government Committee of the development policies of the European Community.
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    Aid coordination and aid effectiveness

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 1999
    Both donors and aid recipients are spending considerable resources on aid coordination activities. The trend seems to be towards an increase in these levels, yet relatively little is known about the outcomes and impact of these efforts. In particular, there does not seem to be much of a strategy in place for how to improve the effectiveness of the aid coordination resources them-selves.
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    Aid and conditionality: the role of the bilateral donor - a case study of Norwegian–Tanzanian aid relationship

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 1999
    Study gives a presentation of the role of Norway – from a conditionality perspective – in the aid negotiation processes between Norway and Tanzania in order to investigate the role of Norway, and in more general terms what has been the role of the bilateral donor. The report also analyses how Norway has applied its conditionality policy towards Tanzania, and how this has changed over time.
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    Policies and strategies for poverty reduction in Norwegian development aid: a review

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 1999
    Paper provides an overview of Norwegian policiesand strategies for poverty reduction.
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    Will growth halve global poverty by 2015?

    Overseas Development Institute, 2000
    Examines progress towards meeting the international development targets set by OECD/DAC in 1996: to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015.The authors forecast that: In developing countries as a whole, extreme poverty can be more than halved by 2015 provided that currently forecast GNP growth rates (higher than past growth rates) are realised.
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    Aid dependence and the quality of governance: a cross-country empirical analysis

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2000
    Good governance (in the form of institutions that establish predictable, impartial, and consistently enforced rules for investors) is crucial for the sustained and rapid growth of per capita incomes in poor countries.
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    The evaluability of democracy and human rights projects. A logframe-related assessment

    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2000
    Support for democracy and human rights (D/HR) has played an increasingly important role in Sida's co-operation with developing countries ever since the early 1990s. But there is a lack of information on the impact of initiatives. This study examines how well Sida's D/HR projects can be evaluated using the logical framework (logframe) as an organising evaluation structure.
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    High-level international intergovernmental consideration of financing for development: work of the United Nations system

    Financing for Development, 1998
    This is a high-level report outlining the work of the United Nations to address financing for development. The report results from a structured inquiry carried out with the help of several partner organisations, concerning financing for development.
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    Harnessing global forces for poor people (Chapter 10, World Development Report)

    World Bank, 2000
    This chapter explores the kinds of global level actions, which can accelerate poverty reduction and help narrow the gaps, (in income, health, and other dimensions), between rich countries and poor.Key areas of international action for poverty reduction:Expanding market access in rich countries for developing countries' goods and servicesReducing the risk of economic crisesEncour
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    Alleviating poverty: role of good governance and constitutional reform

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2000
    This article explores the role that good governance and constitutional reform might play in poverty alleviation in India.Policy recommendations:There is a need for the state to move out of many areas, which it has previously occupied.

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