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Towards an Integrated Approach to Election Observation? Professionalising European Long-Term Election Observation Missions.
European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1997The purpose of the report is to stimulate and facilitate the debate among policymakers and practioners on how to enhance the rofessionalisation of observation missions, as it is generally felt that there is considerable room to improve their effectiveness and fficiency. Furthermore, it attempts to inform a wider audience about current practices in election observation.DocumentTaming the tigers: the IMF and the Asian crisis
Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 1998Report begins by describing what actually happened in the three worst hit countries of Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea. It goes on to explore the human impact of the crisis. These chapters provide the material for a detailed analysis of the IMF’s role, and of the numerous failings in its performance to date.DocumentParadigm Case Illustrations of Incremental Cost Analysis
Program for Measuring Incremental Costs for the Evironment, GEF, 1999The application of the incremental cost assessment to biodiversity has always been uncertain. This paper seeks to demonstrate that the concept is a workable one in biodiversity. This paper has a twofold aim:1. to make explicit the strategic and logical approach to incremental cost assessment- to demonstrate that it is replicable and applicable to all GEF projects2.DocumentAn Economic Analysis of Alternative Mangrove Management Strategies in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia
IDRC Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia, 1997A recent economic study of the mangroves of Koh Kong concludes that without an integrated management plan for the area, environmental degradation will continue, possibly leading to collapse of the resource. This one-year study was undertaken by the Ministry of Environment with support from consultant Camille Bann and financing from EEPSEA.DocumentImpact of HIV and sexual health education on the sexual behaviour of young people: a review update
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1998To assess the effects of HIV/AIDS and sexual health education on young people’s sexual behaviour, a comprehensive literature review was commissioned by the Department of Policy, Strategy, and Research of UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Sixty-eight reports were reviewed.DocumentIndicators for Programs to Prevent Diarrheal Disease, Malaria, and Acute Respiratory Infections
Environmental Health Project, 1998DocumentSocial Dimensions of Adjustment:World Bank Experience, 1980-93
Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank, 1995The principal message of this study is that good macroeconomic policies and measures—combined with relevant sectoral policies and appropriate public expenditure allocation—provide a favorable environment for accelerating savings and investment, both necessary for sustained economic growth and poverty reduction (Figure 1).DocumentThe World Bank and Irrigation
Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank, 1995This study focuses on 208 Bank-funded irrigation projects that have been evaluated. Evaluation consists of project completion reports, audits, and impact evaluations. Where assessments differ, this study gives preference to impact evaluations over audits, and audits over project completion reports. Analysis takes account of the sometimes uneven quality of the data set.DocumentGhana Country Assistance Review: A study in Development Effectiveness
Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank, 1995Bank assistance was generally effective in helping Ghana make considerable economic progress over the past decade.