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Financing corruption and repression: the case of Kenya and the IFIs
Jubilee Research, 2001This article attempts to show that in Kenya the IMF’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRSP) is less a strategy for poverty reduction and civil society participation; more a strategy for providing security and guarantees for foreign investorsThe article indicates that:far from challenging the rule of Daniel Arap Moi, international creditors, through the IMF and World Bank, have helped to prDocumentEnabling the disability NGOs?: centralisation versus competition in Pakistan and Bangladesh
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2001This article reviews contrasting development patterns of 'Disability NGOs' (i.e. Non Government Organisations concerned with disablement) in Pakistan and Bangladesh, two nations with some political, cultural and socio-economic similarities.DocumentStrategic approaches to HIV prevention and AIDS mitigation in rural communities and households in Sub-Saharan Africa
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001This paper aims to provide a suggested framework of action for FAO' s engagement in HIV/AIDS prevention and impact-mitigation in rural Sub Saharan Africa at the community and household level.DocumentTackling corruption with cooperation policy: Fourth report of the Select Committee on International Development
International Development Committee, UK, 2001Report demonstrates the results of the Select Committee on International Development investigation that has revealed a lack of coherence, focus and determination across Whitehall in tackling corruption.Results and recommendations:corruption undermines development, hampers growth and has to be tackledSCID will continue to help developing countries build an environment that wilDocumentReality check: the need for deeper debt cancellation and the fight against HIV/AIDS
Drop the Debt, 2001This article emphasises that the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative fails to meet the challenge of significant debt cancellation. The article is critical on several counts.DocumentNew thinking on poverty in the UK: any lessons for the South?
Overseas Development Institute, 2000The briefing assesses the policies and targets to reduce poverty in the UK. The paper discusses the possibility of transferring some of the lessons learned in the North to the SouthConclusions:focusing on the experience of the North does not imply that there is a 'model' on offer that can be transferred to the South.DocumentChildren in Bulgaria: growing impoverishment and unequal opportunities
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2000The paper investigates the changes that occurred over the last decade in three dimensions of child welfare recognised as fundamental child rights - economic well-being, health and education.DocumentWhat good can debt relief and PRSP do?: the case of Zambia
Bread for the World, 2001This web resource looks into the Zambia's position of debt and the influence PRSPs and associated debt relief is having on Zambia.DocumentMeasuring poverty dynamics and inequality in transition economies: disentangling real events from noisy data
World Bank, 2001This article attempts to disentangle underlying income inequality and changes in poverty from the effects attributable to measurement error or transitory shocks.