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  Aid and reform in Africa: lessons from ten case studies

  World Bank, 2001

  This article explores comparatively, the effect and effectiveness of aid in different African countries (10 case studies).More specifically the article investigates the following questions:are there common characteristics of successful and failed reformers that enable us to understand better the political economy of reform?do donors tailor their assistance to different types of coun
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  Integrating aid into budget management

  Oxford Policy Management, 1999

  This paper discusses how traditional donor practices can cause problems for budget planning and management in aid dependent countries. It discusses recent attempts to reform the budget process, and the donor role in it.
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  African poverty at the millennium: causes, complexities, and challenges

  Documents and Reports, 2001

  Paper addresses the following questions:Who are the poor?What are the causes of poverty?Why have both states and markets failed the poor?Why do the poor have inadequate capital?How can we sustain improvements in social indicators?How are household and population dynamics changing?What are the roles for donors and governments in poverty reduction?Conclusio
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  Hirschmanian themes of social learning and change

  World Bank, 2001

  This article positions itself within the context of discussions (inspired by Albert Hirschman) about strategies of unbalanced growth in response to the postwar theories of the “big push,” development planning, and balanced growth.
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  Rwanda: the search for security and human rights abuses

  Human Rights Watch, 2001

  This article investigates the violence, human rights abuses and security situation in Rwanda.The article finds that:despite unresolved questions about massive killings of civilians in the Congo and in northwestern Rwanda and its continuing poor human rights record, the Rwandan government enjoys substantial international support.
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  Are women really the "fairer" sex?: corruption and women in government

  Gendernet, World Bank, 1999

  Tests the hypothesis that women are be more trust-worthy and public-spirited than men, and should therefore be particularly effective in promoting honest government.Consistent with this hypothesis, this paper find that the greater the representation of women in parliament, the lower the level of corruption.
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  Aid versus trade revisited

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2001

  Examines the (non) equivalence between aid flows and trade preferences as alternative forms of donor assistance in the presence of learning-by-doing externalities in recipient country export production.
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  External Evaluation of IMF Surveillance

  International Monetary Fund, 1999

  Independent report of the policy impact of IMF monitoring reports on the economic policy of its member countries.
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  Insights from the District Development Project, Uganda

  United Nations Capital Development Fund, 1999

  District Development Project (DDP) Pilot was set up to support the efforts of Ugandans to eradicate poverty in rural areas through improved inclusiveness, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability in the delivery of public goods and services.
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  Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Governance Programming

  Institute on Governance, 1999

  Review of experience of projects aimed at developing governance and policy-forming capacity in Africa (particularly World Bank experience).Finds that governance failures in SSA are often attributable in whole or in part to:governments’ unwillingness to make themselves accountable to the citizens they are supposed to servethe inability of citizens and of the organizations and institu

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