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    Aid, policy and peace

    World Bank, 2000
    Analyzes theoretically and empirically the effects of economic policy and the receipt of foreign aid on the risk of civil war.Study finds that aid and policy do not have direct effects upon conflict risk. However, both directly affect the growth rate and the extent of dependence upon primary commodity exports, and these in turn affect the risk of conflict.
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    Unveiling women as pillars of peace building in communities fractured by conflict in Kenya

    United Nations Development Programme, 2000
    Presenting the experiences of peace workers (from the Wajir District, Western Kenya, and North Rift) in initiating and nurturing peace in post conflict situations in Kenya, this paper documents the ways that women contribute to rebuilding communities fractured by conflict.The paper claims that the traditional rituals of peace often preclude the full participation of women, and that when peace n
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    AIDS, poverty reduction and debt relief: a toolkit for mainstreaming HIV/AIDS programmes into development instruments

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2001
    Argues that the potential benefits of giving HIV/AIDS a prominent place in PRSPs and HIPC agreements are substantial. They include greater political attention to and increased domestic funding for the national HIV/AIDS programme,as well as a focus on achieving results in implementing a national HIV/AIDS programme.
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    Racing to the bottom?: foreign investment and air quality in developing countries

    New Ideas in Pollution Regulation, World Bank, 2000
    This article looks at whether globalisation could trigger an environmental "race to the bottom", in which competition for investment and jobs relentlessly degrade environmental standards. The "race to the bottom" theory is tested by examining firstly, air quality data in industrialised countries and selected developing countries (China, Mexico, Brazil).
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    The role of the IMF: a guide to the reports

    International Labour Organization, 2000
    Many of the discussions on a new international financial architecture that were spawned by the east Asian crisis have dealt with the future role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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    Fin(d)ing our way on trade and labor standards?

    International Labour Organization, 2001
    With the impasse over whether and how to link labor standards and trade agreements stretching into its eighth year, attention has turned to "monetary assessments," or fines, as alternatives to trade sanctions.Fines have the advantage of adding "teeth" to agreements on labor standards without impeding trade and may be more palatable to developing countries than trade measures.
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    IMF structural conditionality: how much is too much?

    Institute for International Economics, USA, 2001
    This article discusses the role of structural policies in IMF-supported adjustment programs. The article looks at ways the IMF can simplify conditionality, in order to make it more effective.The article outlines various approaches to streamlining fund structural policy conditionality:structural pre-conditions.
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    Structural Adjustment for the IMF: options for reforming the IMF's governance structure

    Bretton Woods Project, 2001
    This article outlines the various forces shaping change at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and recommends various changes within the IMF.The first force springs from pressure in increasing the IMF's surveillance function, giving it new responsibilities to monitor and advise governments on financial sector restructuring and enabling it to operate as a quasi-lender of last resort.The sec
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    Polices to roll-back the state and privatise? [PRSPs]

    World Development Movement, 2001
    Short paper reviewing experience with PRSPs, based on an examination of four PRSPs and twelve interim documents, along with comments made by civil society groups from developing countries.Findings include: across highly indebted poor countries, civil society groups are unsatisfied with the extent of public involvement in drawing up the strategy papers.
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    HIPC debt relief fact sheets

    AllAfrica.com, 2001
    This fact sheet provides the latest news and information about Debt Relief. Alongside news stories and updates on HIPC, the current issue (updated Jan 2001) gives a background on the HIPC initiative and examines the role of Poverty Reduction Strategies. It discusses the UK Aid Programme and asks what the UK government is doing about debt

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