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The fall and recovery of the Cuban economy in the 1990s: mirage or reality
International Monetary Fund, 2001The collapse of the Cuban economy following the cessation of Soviet assistance gave way to a strong recovery in 1994-1996.The author proposes three possible explanations for this recovery:that it never took placethat it reflected a surge in productivity resulting from stabilisation and liberalisation in 1993 - 1994that it resulted from a favorable aggregate demand shockTDocumentStructural adjustment and intersectoral shifts in Tanzania: a computable general equilibrium analysis
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001This study analyzes the effect of stabilization and structural adjustment policies on overall economic growth, sectoral performance, welfare,and income distribution in Tanzania. It reviews policy programs implemented and economic performance achieved since the beginning of the reforms, highlighting economic fluctuations under changing political conditions.DocumentRefugee education in Kenya: education for a peaceful and sustainable future
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2000This article discusses the aims and level of success of two programmes piloted in Kenyan refugee camps aiming to enrich education: an environmental education, and a peace education programme.DocumentReality check: the need for deeper debt cancellation and the fight against HIV/AIDS
Drop the Debt, 2001This article emphasises that the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative fails to meet the challenge of significant debt cancellation. The article is critical on several counts.DocumentCapital volatility and long-term financing for the poorest countries
International Development Committee, UK, 2001The article explores the difficulties the global financial system has had in dealing with the unique political and economic problems of the poorest countries. The article emphasises the international interest in Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC).DocumentTelecenters for socioeconomic and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean
2001Examines some of the main telecentre experiments in Latin America (especially Central America and the Caribbean). Survey results provide a characterisation of users; help identify the main uses of cabinas and their needs; and perceived notions as to the quality of service received.DocumentCommunity participation in traditional irrigation scheme rehabilitation projects in Tanzania: report of a collaborative research project
Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania, 2001This research article looks at how participatory methods can be used in projects to rehabilitate tradtional irrigation schemes in Tanzania.DocumentTowards a relationship of significance: lessons from a decade of collaboration between government and NGOs in Rajasthan, India.
Agricultural Research and Extension Network, 1999This paper explores how government and NGOs converge on a number of development objectives that have become social and political imperatives, divide roles along expected lines and prevailing notions of each other’s capacities, but still end up with problems in certain areas.DocumentDAC recommendation on untying official development assistance to the least developed countries
Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2001The recommendation outlines the shared intentions of DAC members to:untie their ODA to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to the greatest extent possiblepromote and sustain adequate flows of ODA in terms of quality, volume and direction, in particular to the LDCs, and ensure that ODA to the LDCs will not decline over time as a result of the implementation of the recommendationach