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  Issues and options for improving engagement between the World Bank and Civil Society Organizations

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper assesses the World Bank’s recent relations with civil society organisations (CSOs).
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  Taxation and the political agenda, north and south

  Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2004

  Compared to their prominence in OECD countries, taxation issues appear infrequently on public political agendas in most Southern countries.
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  Bilateral investment treaties and development policy-making

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2004

  This paper examines the impacts of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) on development-oriented policy-making.
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  Financing Africa’s future growth and development: some innovations

  Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four, 2004

  The paper explores the opportunities that could help Africa to close the resource gap.
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  Dogmatic development: privatisation and conditionalities in six countries

  War on Want, 2004

  The report examines how conditionalities and pressures from aid agencies and development banks force developing countries to adopt privatisation policies in public services.
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  The WTO in 2003: structural shifts, state-of-play and prospects for the Doha Round

  Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, 2003

  Much has changed in the transition from the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The WTO goes deeper and wider than its predecessor the GATT, and the Doha Round of negotiations proposes to enter territories such as investment, competition and environment-related policies.
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  Executive Summary on Whistleblower Protections at the Asian Development Bank

  Government Accountability Project, 2004

  Following an assessment of whistleblower protection policies at four multilateral development banks (MDBs), this summary offers a detailed overview of the current status of whistleblower protection at the Asian Development Bank (ADB).Compared to the other four banks the ADB came second in the final ranking.
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  Overview of whistleblower protections at the Multilateral Development Banks

  Government Accountability Project, 2004

  This paper offers an overview of the findings recommendations and next steps that came out of a series of reports assessing the whistleblower protection policies at four multilateral development banks (MDBs): the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).All four of the banks surveyed r
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  Water for life: the impact of the privatization of water services on child mortality

  Universidad Torcuato di Tello, Argentina, 2004

  During the 1990s, about 30 per cent of Argentinean municipalities, covering approximately 60 per cent of the population, privatised their water services.
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  Understanding reform with special reference to Africa: perspective on reform

  Global Development Network, 2004

  This paper discusses the issues that reformers need to address to improve the chances of successful implementation of major policy changes in African societies.

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