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  Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2004

  United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2004

  This report proposes that despite economic growth in the Asia and Pacific region in 2003, driven largely by intraregional trade and domestic demand, there remain many obstacles to poverty reduction in the area. The authors examine various countries' poverty reduction strategies within the Asia and Pacific region, in light of meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
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  Civil society budget monitoring for national accountability

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2004

  This report is based on a three day budget tracking workshop held in Malawi in February 2004 which brought together individuals and representatives of organisations involved in budget monitoring, or developing monitoring processes and tools, with a view to developing a supportive community of practice.Issues highlighted in this report include:budget making is where the real prioritisat
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  Profiting from poverty: privatisation consultants, DFID and public services

  War on Want, 2004

  This paper analyses, for the first time, the role of privatisation consultants in developing countries.
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  Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2002: toward pro-poor policies: aid, institutions and globalization

  Adapting to Change [The World Bank Group], 2004

  This report presents numerous papers from the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, held in June 2002, in Oslo, Norway.The report contains papers on aid, institutions and globalization, providing a general overview of links between poverty, inequality and growth.
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  World Development Report 2005: a better investment climate for everyone

  World Development Report, World Bank, 2005

  This years World Development Report focuses on what governments can do to improve the investment climates of their societies to increase growth and reduce poverty. It highlights opportunities for governments to improve their investment climates by expanding the opportunities and incentives for firms of all types to invest productively, create jobs, and expand.
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  Translating the Monterrey Consensus into practice: the contribution by the European Union

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004

  The vast majority of developed countries committed themselves to addressing the challenges of financing global development at the International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) in Mexico, March 2002.
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  Commitments: youth reproductive health, the World Bank, and the Millennium Development Goals

  The Global Health Council, 2004

  This report from the Global Health Council argues that improving the reproductive health of youth is key to achieving all eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and reducing poverty. It also highlights the World Bank’s vital role in these efforts. Links are made between each youth reproductive health issue and the goal or goals which it affects.
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  External debt sustainability in HIPC: completion point countries

  International Monetary Fund, 2004

  This paper reviews policy and institutional frameworks, debt management capacity, export structures, and fiscal revenue mobilisation in HIPC completion point countries.In comparison with other HIPC countries, completion point countries generally enjoy better policy and institutional frameworks and stronger debt management capacity.The paper shows that:while comparing favourably with
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  Making sense of MDG costing

  Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, United Nations Development Programme, 2004

  Several attempts have been made at estimating the cost of achieving the MDGs, with an estimated additional $US 50 billion per year widely recongnised as a minimum amount.
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  Bailouts or bail-ins? Responding to financial crises in emerging economies

  Institute for International Economics, USA, 2004

  Following the East Asian crisis there have been many calls for reforming international financial structure. However, this book argues that these sweeping institutional reforms are not necessary. Rather there is a need to use existing institutions more effectively. The book focuses on practical ideas for improving the official sector’s capacity to respond to emerging-market financial crises.

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