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    Managing future oil revenues in Ghana - an assessment of alternative allocation options

    Kiel Institute of World Economics/Institut für Weltwirtschaft, 2009
    Contemporary policy debates on the macroeconomics of resource booms often concentrate on the short-run 'Dutch disease' effects on public expenditure, where exchange rate appreciation and competition for domestic resources causes a reduction in the competitiveness of non-oil sectors, and corruption further undermines effective spending.
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    Governing the metropolis: principles and cases

    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2008
    This book is based on a study that analysed recent advances in research and practice on the management of metropolitan areas in Latin America. It discusses options to improve democratic governance of the territories under the jurisdiction of diverse sub-national governments and identifies different ways to tackle the fiscal problems they face.
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    Arab Parliamentary Bulletin (issue 5): considering gender quotas in parliament

    United Nations Development Programme, 2010
    Arab women have achieved significant progress over the past decades. Once marginal in some parts of the Arab world, female education has reached unprecedented levels. Important progress can also be noted at other social levels. The proportion of women in the workforce has risen considerably across the region and women now enjoy better access to health and other social services.
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    Anticorruption assessment handbook

    US Agency for International Development, 2009
    New approaches need to be taken by host country governments, their civil society and business communities, and international donor organisations to address corruption as a serious obstacle to development.
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    The African Peer Review Mechanism: lessons from the pioneers

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    Without doubt, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is one of the boldest ideas that African leaders have come up with in the recent past. It is potentially the most important reform ever to emerge from the continent and may mark the start of a new kind of African diplomacy.
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    African Community of Practice (AFCOP)

    AfCop's mission is to build African capacity to manage for development results through sharing experiences, networking and building strong learning relationships between practitioners in Africa a
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    Ten reasons to keep faith with Africa’s peer review process

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    Almost a decade after Africa’s major governance monitoring mechanism was mooted, this paper asks: What value has the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) added? Has it been worth the time and money? What has it changed? Like any tool, much depends on the way it is used.
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    The African Peer Review Mechanism: positive governance strides in the right direction?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    Almost a decade after its inception, the Africa Peer Review Mechanisam (APRM) continues to be the continent’s major governance monitoring mechanism. Accession to this voluntary process has steadily increased over the past few years and clearly signals a positive step in the right direction for many African governments.
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    Policy effectiveness and China’s investment in the Zambian mining sector

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    This briefing describes some of the challenges facing the efforts of Zambian policymakers to secure sustainable benefits from the exploitation of the country’s mineral resources – which generate about two-thirds of the country’s foreign exchange, yet their contribution to national development remains contested for various reasons.
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    The DRC at 50: confronting the challenges of peace and territorial consolidation

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    On 30 June 2010 the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) celebrated 50 years of independence from colonial rule. At 50, the country is torn between competing and contradictory internal forces as it tries to negotiate a path towards self understanding, internal cohesion and responsible behaviour.

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