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  MDGs, taxpayers and aid effectiveness

  OECD Development Centre, 2005

  This paper argues that taxpayers in developed countries currently lack awareness of poverty alleviation initiatives other than short-term humanitarian relief, and that, to garner their support in this area, more resources need to be devoted to addressing this gap in knowledge. It argues that if the public are better informed they will demand accountability, and will be less willing for aid budg
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  SADC’s restructuring and emerging policies: options for Norwegian support

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2005

  Set within the context of the restructuring of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), this report sets out to determine the options and role of core Norwegian funding for this programme. The report concludes that the restructuring has only been completed in a very formal sense, and there are major shortcomings and weaknesses.
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  Connecting the poor to economic growth: eight key questions

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2005

  This brief presents a framework for connecting growth to poverty reduction and asks eight key questions that development professionals can use to guide their evaluations of proposals and projects.
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  G8 Communique: more and better aid?

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2005

  This brief assesses the G8 Communique of the 2005 summit.
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  World Economic and Social Survey 2005: financing for development

  UN, 2005

  The World Economic and Social Survey 2005 provides a comprehensive review of the wide-ranging challenges addressed in the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development and the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
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  Aid instruments in fragile states

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This paper by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) describes the limitations of current approaches to aid instruments and discusses the emerging understanding of their use within fragile states.
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  Managing aid; practices of DAC member countries

  OECD Development Co-operation Directorate: DAC Guidelines and Reference Series, 2005

  This report aims to expand knowledge on the various practices and structures adopted by the 22 member countries of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC)1 for managing their foreign assistance to developing and transition countries. It highlights relevant work within the DAC as well as good practices or noteworthy features of particular DAC member countries’ programmes.
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  Perfect partners? the performance of programme aid partners in Mozambique, 2004

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This report provides an assessment of the performance of donors during 2004 in Mozambique, as well as an account of Mozambican perceptions of donors’ activities.
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  The hardest job in the world: five crucial tasks for the new president of the World Bank

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2005

  At the start of Paul Wolfowitz’s tenure at the World bank, this report sets out five crucial tasks for the World Bank president over the next five years. It argues that Wolfowitz's biggest challenge will not be managing the Bank, with its 10,000 staff, but leading its shareholders, the nations of the world.
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  Oxfam international submission to World Bank review of conditionality, May 2005

  Oxfam, 2005

  This paper notes that, for the World Bank review on aid conditionality to make a real difference to the way the Bank operates in developing countries, it needs to set out a bold agenda, and demonstrate that the Bank will be a lead player in making aid more effective for poverty reduction.

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