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The need for institutional changes in the global financial system: an analytical framework with application to the debt sustainability of low-income countries
European Development Research Network, 2004This paper analyses causes and possible remedies regarding the failure to reform the international financial system, particularly its governance. It lays out the elements that need to be addressed when rethinking the governance mechanisms of the international financial system.DocumentInvesting in development: a practical plan to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
Millennium Project, 2005Investing in development is the final report of the UN Millennium Project. It presents the findings and recommendations of the project, which will be reported directly to the UN Secretary-General and the Administrator of the UNDP.The report makes ten key recommendations:developing country governments should adopt development strategies bold enough to meet the MDG targets for 2015.DocumentThe new Latin American debt crisis and its implications for managing financial and social risk
Canadian Foundation for the Americas, 2004This paper explores policy options for managing debt crises in emerging markets.DocumentReport of the Southern Africa civil society consultation
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2004This paper reports on the Southern Africa regional consultation conference on the Commission for Africa (CFA). Participants came from civil society groups from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Zambia. At the conclusion of the two day meeting the participants released a communiqué of the meeting and its deliberations.DocumentSocial spending, human capital, and growth in developing countries: implications for achieving the MDGs
International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2004Using panel data from 120 developing countries from 1975 to 2000, this paper explores the impact of different policy interventions on human capital, economic growth and social indicators, with a view to evaluate their implications for the MDGs.Key findings of the study include:both education and health spending have a positive and significant direct impact on the accumulation of educatiDocumentDiversity in development: reconsidering the Washington Consensus
Forum on Debt and Development, 2004This book revisits the debate around the Washington Consensus, exploring which policy prescriptions of the Consensus have worked and which have failed to do so. It discusses what development strategies would work best today in Latin America and Africa, and to what extent they would incorporate the ideas of the Washington consensus.DocumentIssues and options for improving engagement between the World Bank and Civil Society Organizations
World Bank, 2003This paper assesses the World Bank’s recent relations with civil society organisations (CSOs).DocumentThe currency transaction tax: enhancing financial stability and financing development
The Tobin Tax Network, 2004The purpose of this report explores how the present currency transaction tax (CTT) proposition is not only possible but eminently desirable.DocumentUnderstanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters
Climate Change, World Bank, 2004This study examines the short and long term economic and financial impacts of natural disasters. It relies in part on in-depth case studies of overall sensitivity to natural hazards in the small island economy of Dominica; public finance consequences of disasters in Bangladesh; and the economic consequences of climatic variability and the use of climatic forecasting in Malawi and southern Africa.DocumentDogmatic development: privatisation and conditionalities in six countries
War on Want, 2004The report examines how conditionalities and pressures from aid agencies and development banks force developing countries to adopt privatisation policies in public services.Pages
