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  Contradicting commitments: how the achievement of Education For All is being undermined by the International Monetary Fund

  ActionAid International, 2005

  This paper intends to demonstrate the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) role in constraining countries from increasing public expenditure in education to meet the Education For All (EFA) goals and the education-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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  Designing an exchange rate regime for growth and competitiveness in Nigeria

  African Institute for Applied Economics, Nigeria, 2005

  In many developing countries, few macroeconomic issues have the tendency to exacerbate the tension between economics and politics as much as (or more than) the determination of the exchange rate.This paper attempts to evaluate options in exchange rate management in Nigeria and recommends an exchange rate regime based on the country’s current and anticipated fundamentals and macroeconomic struct
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  Is private education good for the poor?

  E.G West Centre for Market Solutions in Education, UK, 2005

  This report argues that private, unaided schools, can play important role in reaching the poor and satisfying their educational needs. Private education has an important role in helping the government meet its ‘education for all’ targets.
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  The effect of China and India's growth and trade liberalisation on poverty in Africa

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005

  Despite the fact that trade between China, India (Asian Drivers) and Africa has grown significantly since 1990, it is only recently that attention has been paid to their impact on the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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  Nine African budget transparency and participation case studies

  Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005

  The findings from this study explore budget transparency from the ordinary citizen's perspective. It sheds some light on information required to engage meaningfully with budgetary and other decisions involving public resources from the ordinary citizen's perspective.
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  Microfinance institutions in Nigeria: policy, practice and potentials

  Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four, 2004

  This study examines the outreach performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Nigeria, based on a survey of ten major MFIs.
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  African Economic Outlook 2003/2004

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004

  The third edition of the African Economic Outlook assesses recent economic changes and likely evolutions and challenges on the continent.
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  Enhancing the competitiveness and productivity of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Africa: an analysis of differential roles of national governments through improved support services

  Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa, 2002

  This paper studies the role of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in African development, the constraints that currently hamper their ability to fulfil this role, and measures which could enhance their competitiveness and effectiveness.
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  Availability, access and usability of land for urban agriculture

  RUAF Urban Agriculture Magazine, 2003

  The report by the Urban Agriculture Magazine draws on numerous case studies from around the world in discussing issues of availability, access and usability of land for urban agriculture.Rapid urbanisation has lead to an increasing demand for urban agricultural land.
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  Hands off: why international financial institutions must stop drilling, piping and mining

  Friends of the Earth International, 2003

  This report reviews the experience and outcomes of the funding by International Financial Institutions (IFIs) of projects in the extractive industries.

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