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    A policymakers’ guide to Dutch disease

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2006
    Aimed at policy-makers, this paper tackles the issue of Dutch Disease - that is, the theory that aid flows will lead to an appreciation of the real exchange rate which can slow the growth of a country’s exports— and that aid increases might thereby harm a country’s long-term growth prospects.
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    Causing hunger: an overview of the food crisis in Africa

    Oxfam, 2006
    This Oxfam briefing argues that the world’s emergency response to food crises requires an overhaul in order to deliver prompt, equitable, and effective assistance to people suffering from lack of food.
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    Aid for trade: making it effective

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2006
    This OECD report deals with the issue of how to effectively operationalise Aid-for-Trade, including how to developing effective mechanisms for appropriately deliver additional financial resources through grants and concessional loans for Aid-for-Trade.The report in detail the following three questions:how much aid do the DAC donors already provide in support of trade?how effective a
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    A primer on foreign aid

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2006
    This new working paper explores trends in aid, the motivations for aid, its impacts, and debates about reforming aid. It begins by examining aid magnitudes and who gives and receives aid.
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    Promoting pro-poor growth: infrastructure

    OECD Development Co-operation Directorate: DAC Guidelines and Reference Series, 2006
    There are a multitude of debates as to the position of infrastructural growth in the hierarchy of development objectives. Insufficient, inadequate economic infrastructure is among the most pressing obstacles to achieving pro-poor growth, according to the OECD.
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    The financial architecture of Aid for Trade: background brief no. 9

    International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty, 2006
    This paper gives a detailed overview of the financial structure of the Aid for Trade initiative. The paper points out that as yet, there is still no clear definition of what is meant by Aid for Trade.The first part of the paper is a detailed analysis of the potential meanings of Aid for Trade. This is explored from the viewpoint of how these meanings would be useful from a trade perspective.
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    Aid for Trade: How we got here, where we might go. Background brief No. 10

    International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty, 2006
    This paper is a critical analysis of how the aid for trade initiative emerged from concerns about the development impact of the Uruguay Round Agreements, and particularly on what the international community can effectively achieve through the WTO.
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    Operational modalities of the aid for trade initiative: background brief no. 11

    International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty, 2006
    This paper provides a detailed overview of the debate on Aid for Trade. It focuses mainly on issues of operational modalities. The paper asserts that Aid for Trade (AFT) is a relatively new feature on the agenda of the World Trade Organization (WTO) as an for debate and as a complement to various market access elements of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations.
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    The financial architecture of Aid for Trade: executive summary

    International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty, 2006
    This paper is an executive summary of the topics explored in the International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty (ILEAP) papers on Aid for Trade entitled, the Financial infrastructure of Aid for Trade. This paper asserts that the recognition of a World Trade Organization’s interest in and responsibility for aid has raised high expectations.
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    Education in fragile states: capturing lessons and identifying good practice

    Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies, 2006
    The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) categorises fragile states as follows:deterioration (conflict/risk of conflict; declining capacity and/or will)arrested development (lack of will; moderate or high capacity)post-conflict transition (risk of conflict; low capacity; high or low will)early recovery (may be post-conflict or not; high will but low capacity).Thi

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