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  Aid and Reform in Africa

  Aid Effectiveness Research, World Bank, 1999

  Since the early 1980s, virtually every African country has received large amounts of aid aimed at stimulating policy reform. The results have varied enormously. Ghana and Uganda were successful reformers that grew rapidly and reduced poverty. In other countries policies changed little or even got worse.
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  Rethinking the Causes of Deforestation: Lessons from Economic Models

  World Bank Research Observer, 1999

  Synthesizes the results of more than 140 economic models analyzing the causes of tropical deforestation. Raises significant doubts about many conventional hypotheses in the debate about deforestation. More roads, higher agricultural prices, lower wages, and a shortage of off-farm employment generally lead to more deforestation.
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  Orthodox & heterodox policy for growth for Africa South of the Sahara

  Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS, 1998

  In no region of the developing world have neoliberal policy reforms been so unsuccessful in stimulating recovery as in Africa south of the Sahara. There is an urgent need for policy formation to move from ideological generalisations to pragmatism.
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  Economic policy for agriculture: a guide for FAO professionals

  Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS, 1999

  Manual on economic policy issues in the agricultural sector, aimed at helping non-economists to contribute to policy makingAims to: provide FAO professionals with the basic analytical principles of economic policy making for agriculture it does not seek to convert non-economists into economists, but rather to provide technical experts with a familiarity of the discourse of economic
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  Debt relief and the Cologne G8 Summit

  International Development Committee, UK, 1999

  Committee investigation into UK Government policy on debt relief and the HIPC initiative
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  Politics and poverty: a background paper for the World Development Report 2000/1

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  Report is a synthesis of the conclusions of a research project on the responsiveness of political systems to poverty reduction prepared for DFIDPolicy issues include: Democracy has differential outcomes for the poorStates create and shape the political opportunities for the poorThere is no reason to expect that decentralisation will be pro-poorThere is a wide range of possib
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  Good governance and anti-corruption: the road forward for Indonesia

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 1999

  Summarizes the recent progress (post 1998) made by Indonesia in combating corruption in Indonesia and outline a course for future action. Considered in the context of the ADB's anti-corruption policy efforts. Includes reports on donor assistance and decentralisation policies
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  Handbook on the Economic Analysis of Water Supply Projects

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 1999

  Practical manual with numerous illustrations and numerical calculations.
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  The Leadership Factor in African Policy Reform and Growth

  Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge Mass., 1999

  In 1997 the World Bank’s two vice-presidents for Sub-Saharan Africa attributed a significant improvement in Africa’s growth prospects to the advent of a new generation of leaders, replacing their “once largely statist and corrupt” predecessors. This paper begins by tracing the evolution of African chief executives over the past two decades.
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  Orderly Workouts for Cross-Border Private Debt

  Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge Mass., 1999

  Explores proposals for developing improved procedures and institutions to facilitate orderly workouts of international private sector debt.

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