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    Institutions, politics, and contracts: the privatization attempt of the water and sanitation utility of Lima, Peru

    Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo, Peru, 2002
    Following severe economic crisis in 1989-90, Peru embarked on a programme of market-oriented structural reforms which included a proposal to privatise the operation of Lima’s water and sewerage utility.
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    Financing water for all: behind the border policy convergence in water management

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004
    This paper discusses the shifts in paradigms and practices around global water financing.
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    Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2002: toward pro-poor policies: aid, institutions and globalization

    Adapting to Change [The World Bank Group], 2004
    This report presents numerous papers from the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, held in June 2002, in Oslo, Norway.The report contains papers on aid, institutions and globalization, providing a general overview of links between poverty, inequality and growth.
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    Decentralisation and poverty in developing countries: exploring the impact

    OECD Development Centre, 2004
    This paper finds that the link between decentralisation and poverty reduction cannot be clearly established. It argues that in some of the poorest countries characterised by weak institutions and political conflicts, decentralisation could actually make matters worse.
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    The political economics of import substitution industrialization

    Institute of Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile / Instituto de Economia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2003
    During 1950-1973, Chile adopted a policy of import substitution industrialisation (ISI), involving a closed economy (high tariff barriers, quotas and exchange controls) and a strong role for the state (high government expenditure, extensive regulations, and increasing numbers of state-owned firms).
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    External debt sustainability in HIPC: completion point countries

    International Monetary Fund, 2004
    This paper reviews policy and institutional frameworks, debt management capacity, export structures, and fiscal revenue mobilisation in HIPC completion point countries.In comparison with other HIPC countries, completion point countries generally enjoy better policy and institutional frameworks and stronger debt management capacity.The paper shows that:while comparing favourably with
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    Devolution in Pakistan: overview of the ADB/DfID/World Bank study

    Asian Development Bank Institute, 2004
    Pakistan's Devolution of Power Plan was introduced in 2000, creating a decentralised structure of district and sub-district governments , each with its own Nazim and Naib Nazim (mayor and deputy mayor), elected council and administration. This report reviews the first 3 years of operation and finds uneven but encouraging progress on most fronts.
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    Comparing EU free trade agreements: investment

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004
    This paper discusses and compares a number of free trade agreements the EU holds, namely, The Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements, EU-Mexico Global Agreement and the EU-Chile Association AgreementAmong the authors findings are:All EU Free Trade Agreements stop short of including protection provisions such as expropriation and compensation clausesdisagreement between EU Membe
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    NORAD annual report 2003: countries

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004
    This section of Norad’s annual report details the main activities with Norway’s twenty four partner countries. Norway’s main partners include Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Bangladesh and Nepal. Approximately one third of the funds administered by Norad were channelled through various organizations and their partners in Norway’s twenty four target countries.
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    The ISO and corporate social responsibility: small and medium-sized enterprises

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004
    The existing social responsibility (SR) debate almost entirely focuses on large enterprises. The drivers of the debate, including NGOs, investors and regulatory authorities, naturally tend to focus on large, high profile companies.

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