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    Social security in Egypt: an analyis and agenda for policy reform

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2000
    This paper analyses Egypt’s social protection systems.
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    HIPC sovereign debt, debt relief and governance ratings

    WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001
    This paper explores a simple modeling framework in which the probability of compliance with expectations on levels of governance and corruption are attached as conditions for debt relief.The article finds that:it should be possible to explicitly link the level of governance and corruption as a condition for obtaining debt forgiveness.
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    Policies to roll-back the State and privatise?: Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers investigated

    WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001
    The findings in this report are based on an examination of four PRSPs and twelve interim documents, along with comments made by civil society groups from developing countries.The report concludes that:across highly indebted poor countries, civil society groups are unsatisfied with the extent of public involvement in drawing up the strategy papersgovernment ownership of PRSPs is weak
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    Will HIPC matter?: the debt game and donor behavior in Africa

    WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001
    Will the HIPC debt reduction program help in the transformation of the development assistance business and change the rules of the “debt game” in Africa?
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    Governance and the returns to investment : an empirical investigation

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    There is a strong statistical link between a country's civil liberties and the performance of its aid financed government investment projects.
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    When is foreign aid policy credible? : aid dependence and conditionality

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
    Disbursements of foreign aid are guided (in part) by the needs of the poor. Anticipating this, recipients have little incentive to improve the welfare of the poor.
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    Aid, Policies, and Growth

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
    Aid has a positive impact on growth in developing countries with good fiscal, monetary, and trade policies. Aid appears not to affect policies systematically either for good or for ill. Any tendency for aid to reward good policies has been overwhelmed by donors' pursuit of their own strategic interests.
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    Danish aid policies for poverty reduction : from non - committal statements to a more strategic approach

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 1996
    The paper provides an analysis of Danida policies in the poverty reduction area. Current Danish aid efforts to address poverty issues are based on a prolonged understanding among policy makers and aid bureaucrats that a basic premise of Danish aid has been its focus on alleviating poverty.
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    Reducing corruption

    World Bank Policy and Research Bulletin, 1997
    An effective state can contribute powerfully to sustainable development and the reduction of poverty. But there is no guarantee that state intervention will benefit society
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    Economic Reforms And Health Conditions Of The Urban Poor In Tanzania

    African Studies Quarterly, 1997
    This paper describes the impact of Economic Reforms on the health conditions of the urban poor in Tanzania. The main argument advanced is that Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs) have exacerbated the declining condition of the urban areas rather than improved them.

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