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  Water policy issues

  Water Engineering and Development Centre, 1997

  This paper discusses the principles underlying sound water policies, examples of good practice in applying those principles, and suggestions for the approaches that could be followed by the Department for International Development (DFID) in the future. In a paper of this length, some knowledge of the factual situation and problems of the water sector in developing countries will be assumed.
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  Private Sector Participation in the Water and Sanitation Sector

  Water Engineering and Development Centre, 1997

  This paper aims to provide an overview of the principles that should underlay private sector participation in the water and sanitation sub-sector to help inform DFID, together with other stakeholders, on the role and potential of Private Sector Participation (PSP) in its broadest sense and to provide suggestions on what approaches might be appropriate to DFID's programmes and those of others in lo
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  Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction: A collaborative European Research Project: Objectives and Methodology for Phase II Recipient Country Case Studies

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1999

  Phase I of the study has been a series of individual donor studies undertaken in donor capitals. Phase II offers scope to explore in recipient country contexts, the perspectives of recipients and donors and their interaction as well as the comparative experience and outcomes of several EU donors in the same recipient country context - all related to poverty reduction (PR).
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  Indigenous soil and water conservation in Africa project

  Centre for Development Cooperation Services, Free University, Amsterdam, 1999

  Research project using participatory methods to improve the effectiveness of indigenous and modern soil and water conservation practices through a process of joint experimentation involving farmers, researchers, extension and NGO staff. Countries covered are Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Tunisia and Zimbabwe.
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  Internet as a Tool for Social Development

  Information Technologies and Social Development Project, UNRISD, 1997

  Explores the potential role of the Internet in promoting sustainable and equitable development in Third World countries. Possibilities of using the Internet in a way that will benefit society at large and vulnerable groups in particular are analyzed within the wider framework of actual needs and existing facilities of these communities.
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  Supporting Women's Use of Information Technologies for Sustainable Development

  Acacia Initiative, IDRC, 1997

  The central question of this study concerns African women's use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). This includes issues of access, the benefits African women experience and can expect to experience from ICTs, and the role they can and do play in the production and dissemination of information. The study is organised into three sections.
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  Democratisation Processes in Developing Countries and Options for Democratisation Assistance by Political Foundations

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1997

  Since the end of the 1980's, more and more donors have begun to promote democratisation processes by providing active support through so-called "positive measures." Positive measures can only be successful, however, if they are part of coherent and credible policies, i.e. if donors adhere to their principles even if their security and economic interests are at stake.
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  Taming the tigers: the IMF and the Asian crisis

  Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 1998

  Report begins by describing what actually happened in the three worst hit countries of Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea. It goes on to explore the human impact of the crisis. These chapters provide the material for a detailed analysis of the IMF’s role, and of the numerous failings in its performance to date.
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  Study of GEF project lessons: summary report

  Global Environment Facility, 1998

  Report synthesizes lessons learned to date from projects financed during GEF's Pilot Phase. It was prepared primarily for the benefit of project and task managers of GEF projects. The Project Lessons study underscores that even well designed projects evolve continuously, and their managers need to be able to deal with a variety of technical, social and political issues at the same time.
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  Danish Development Cooperation with India - in a Poverty Reduction Perspective

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998

  The paper gives an overview of Denmark's official development cooperation with India, viewed from a poverty reduction perspective. It is one of the products of a research project, entitled 'Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction in India', carried out in 1997 by a group of four European and eleven Indian researchers.

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