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  Dropping the debt for the new millenium: is it such a good idea?

  Development Studies Institute, LSE, 2000

  This paper examines the economic analyses and popular rhetoric surrounding the debt relief initiatives of Jubilee 2000 and the World Bank.It is pointed out that simplistic calls to 'drop the debt' may be counterproductive. There is no point in just demonising debt. It has to be asked if debt cancellation is a particularly effective use of scarce aid resources.
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  Basic service for all?: public spending and the social dimensions of poverty

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2000

  The report draws on case studies from over 30 developing countries to highlight the human cost of this shortfall in terms of lives lost, children out of school, the millions of children under-nourished and the billions without safe water and sanitation.The report outlines a Ten Point Agenda for Action to bridge the US$80 billion gap, including a call for an international agreement that no more
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  Global Financial Crises: Institutions and Incentives

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2000

  Argues that the recommendations of the Meltzer Committee report (unconditional financial support for pre-qualifying countries) would lead to an increase in financial stability. There is a need for an effective lender of last resort and for debt restructuring systems.
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  Taxation, aid and democracy: an agenda for research in African countries

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 2000

  Taxation, aid and democracy are closely related in poor aid-dependent African countries.
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  Sector support: from policy making to implementation processes

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1999

  Discusses issues facing donors in their assessment of national sector policies and capacities prior to and during sector support in low-income countries (LICs).The paper analyzes the reality of policy making and implementation.
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  The effectiveness of EC development assistance

  International Development Committee, UK, 2000

  Review by UK Government Committee of the development policies of the European Community.
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  Aid coordination and aid effectiveness

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 1999

  Both donors and aid recipients are spending considerable resources on aid coordination activities. The trend seems to be towards an increase in these levels, yet relatively little is known about the outcomes and impact of these efforts. In particular, there does not seem to be much of a strategy in place for how to improve the effectiveness of the aid coordination resources them-selves.
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  Aid and conditionality: the role of the bilateral donor - a case study of Norwegian–Tanzanian aid relationship

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 1999

  Study gives a presentation of the role of Norway – from a conditionality perspective – in the aid negotiation processes between Norway and Tanzania in order to investigate the role of Norway, and in more general terms what has been the role of the bilateral donor. The report also analyses how Norway has applied its conditionality policy towards Tanzania, and how this has changed over time.
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  Policies and strategies for poverty reduction in Norwegian development aid: a review

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 1999

  Paper provides an overview of Norwegian policiesand strategies for poverty reduction.
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  Will growth halve global poverty by 2015?

  Overseas Development Institute, 2000

  Examines progress towards meeting the international development targets set by OECD/DAC in 1996: to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015.The authors forecast that: In developing countries as a whole, extreme poverty can be more than halved by 2015 provided that currently forecast GNP growth rates (higher than past growth rates) are realised.

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