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  Governance conditionality and the reform of multilateral development finance: the roleof the Group of Eight

  Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2002

  This paper sets out to examine the international financial institutions' (IFIs’) efforts at strengthening good governance in developing countries and emerging markets.The debate on the role of IFIs has thus far mainly focused on the quantitative aspect of conditionality, oscillating between concerns over how much is too much and how much is enough.
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  Chasing shadows: re-imagining finance for development

  Jubilee Research, 2002

  Starting from the premise that finance is not about money, but about the relationships among people, states, markets and natural environment, this report provides three key-features so that finance can become a “real” tool for development.The paper warns that:in order to achieve the objectives of global security and meeting basic human development needs, the imbalance between free marke
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  The IMF's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF): a factsheet

  International Monetary Fund, 2002

  This document outlines the IMF's coverage of the implementation of the PRGF, focussing on its areas of expertise.
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  Key features of IMF poverty reduction and growth facility (PRGF) supported programs

  International Monetary Fund, 2000

  This note discusses how features of the PRGF - supported programs may be incorporated into program design, at the early stages of implementing the PRSP approach. It outlines the areas of expected change and aims to use this list to give clarity to expectations, guide the internal work of mission teams and provide a benchmark to review progress within the IMF.
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  Argentina since default: the IMF and the depression

  Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, 2002

  This paper looks at Argentina's crisis since it defaulted on it's public debt in December 2001.
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  Halving poverty by doubling aid: how well founded is the optimism of the World Bank?

  Kiel Institute of World Economics/Institut für Weltwirtschaft, 2002

  This report constitutes a challenge to the effectiveness of the World Bank's strategy of concentrating, and thereby increasing, aid on countries with 'good' policies.The arguments used against the World Bank policy include:an analysis of the inconsistent relationship between economic growth and levels of aid delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and South Asia, raises considerabl
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  Balancing the other budget: proposal for solving the greater debt crisis

  New Economics Foundation, 2002

  Despite the pledge of support by industrialised countries, developing countries are still paying billion of dollars to their creditors and the debt of the South to the North is increasing more and more rather than decreasing. On the other hand, a different type of debt is becoming increasingly worrying.
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  Cornering the market: the World Bank and trade capacity building

  Bretton Woods Project, 2002

  The World Bank is rapidly increasing the amount of resources it dedicates trade-related capacity building (TRCB) in response to both the backlash against it’s more traditional methods of influencing trade policy and as part of its re-positioning as a provider of development knowledge (the 'Knowledge Bank').
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  Responding to the financial crisis: better off without the IMF?: The case for Jamaica

  Finance and Development Research Programme, DFID, 2002

  Looks at the experience of Jamaica in its response to the adverse economic and social effects of the financial crisis in the 1990s.
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  Private sector development: pro-poor, or merely poor, service delivery?

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2002

  Looks at whether the private sector development addresses the challenges faced within pro-poor development, and draws on past experience of privatisation, especially within the context of privatisation.

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