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    Thailand monthly financial statistical release (Bank of Thailand)

    Economic Information Network Centre, Bank of Thailand, 1999
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    Statistics and indicators on poverty

    PovertyNet, World Bank, 1998
    Information and data on poverty monitoring.
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    Health Care Utilization and Expenditures in the Arab Republic of Egypt, 1994-95

    Harvard School of Public Health, 1998
    Report presents a wide range of basic tabulations and analyses from the Ministry of Health - Data for Decision Making Project Egypt Household Health Care Use and Expenditure Survey (EHHUES) carried out in 1994-1995. It is intended as a general survey report. The survey methodology is described and basic statistics on the sample population are presented.
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    How Dirty Are "Quick and Dirty" Methods of Project Appraisal?

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1998
    Routine "quick-and-dirty" methods of project appraisal can be so dirty in guiding project selection as to wipe out the net social gains from public investment.
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    Making Voice Work: The Report Card on Bangalore’s Public Service

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1998
    A citizen’s assessment of public services provided evidence of inefficiency and corruption and stimulated public service providers to be more responsive to customers. So, public feedback can change behavior.
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    Do budgets really matter?: evidence from public spending on education and health in Uganda

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1998
    Surveys can provide a useful reality check where institutions are weak. Certainly, budgets and official statistics are inadequate as a guide for policymakers. Ablo and Reinikka demonstrate that budget allocations alone can be misleading in explaining outcomes and making policy decisions, when institutions are weak.
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    Calm after the Storms: Income Distribution in Chile, 1987–94

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1998
    With the profound political and economic changes of the 1970s and 1980s behind it, and regardless of its trade patterns, Chile's income distribution is, for the moment, calm. Education may be the most important variable affecting the structure of, and changes in, inequality in Chile.
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    Aid, the Incentive Regime, and Poverty Reduction

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1998
    Aid spurs growth and poverty reduction only in a good policy environment so it should be targeted to countries that have improved their economic policy. That aid tends to be allocated relatively indiscriminately is one factor that undermines its potential impact. Spurring growth in the developing world is one stated objective of foreign aid.
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    Nepal Human Development Report, 1998

    NepalNet, 1998
    Two chapters from the report, covering the design of development indicators and policy challenges
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    Social Development Policies, Results and Learning: a Multi-agency Review

    Department for International Development, UK, 1997
    Review of the monitoring and evaluation practices of agencies involved in social development work (particularly those aimed at the reduction of poverty and the enhancement of the capacity of secondary stakeholders (donor agencies, governmental agencies, NGOs, and private businesses) to reduce poverty.Includes both an issue based synthethis (relating back to DFID objectives) and an agency-by-age

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