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  Scaling up girls education: towards a scorecard on girls' education in the Commonwealth

  Institute of Education, University of London, 2004

  This paper presents a suggested methodology for developing a scorecard on girls' access to and retention in formal primary schooling in Commonwealth countries in Africa.
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  Taxation, aid and democracy: research programme 2000-2003

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  This paper, based on research carried out in Namibia, Tanzania and Uganda, discusses taxation, aid and democracy in aid-dependent African countries.
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  HIPC debt relief: myths and reality

  Forum on Debt and Development, 2004

  This book draws links between the HIPC Initiative and the Millennium Development Goals, and argues that debt relief will only provide a fraction of the funds required for poverty reduction and to avoid another build-up of unsustainable debt. It also presents an analysis of the successes and failures of the HIPC Initiative and some suggestions of what needs to be done.
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  Review of Nordic monitoring of the World Bank and IMF support to the PRSP process

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2003

  This report details the first joint Nordic monitoring of the World Bank and IMF support to the PRSP process in seven countries: Bolivia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia.
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  Educating refugees in countries of first asylum: the case of Uganda

  Migration Policy Institute, 2004

  This article discusses the way an innovative new method of delivering education is seeking to provide for the future security of refugee families in Uganda. It suggests that the current model of international assistance in refugee camps and settlements tends to focus on meeting refugees’ immediate and short-term needs, neglecting longer-term goals and needs for stability and future security.
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  Politics and the PRSP approach: synthesis paper

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  This paper synthesises findings from four country (Bolivia, Georgia, Uganda & Vietnam) case studies on the political dimensions of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) approach.The authors argue that there are two contrasting visions to the approach behind the PRSP process as follows:The first being that it is an approach offering a potentially transformative agenda of pro-poor r
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  Rethinking participation: questions for civil society about the limits of participation in PRSPs

  ActionAid International, 2004

  This discussion paper aims to inform and provoke discussion among civil society organisations engaged in PRSP consultations.It argues that there are serious limitations and constraints to the process as it currently exists, and that the IMF and the World Bank’s focus on poverty is limited to ameliorating the social damage done by the negative impacts of their structural adjustment policies and
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  UK’s call for action on HIV/AIDS

  Department for International Development, UK, 2003

  This DFID policy document on HIV/AIDS outlines key issues in the global epidemic and the UK’s commitment to tackling the epidemic.
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  The politics of poverty: aid in the new cold war

  Christian Aid, 2004

  This report sets out mistakes that have been made in the past in relation to the politicisation of aid. Based on case studies in Afghanistan and Uganda, it also shows how they are being repeated. The authors argue that the growing politicisation of aid threatens to obscure the goal of poverty reduction.
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  PRSP Connections: Issue 10

  PRSP Monitoring and Synthesis Project, 2004

  This issue of PRSP Connections covers the following topics:Update on DFID’s Engagement with the PRSP Process -following the completion of a survey of DFID’s engagement with PRS processes and with other development partners.Next Generation PRSs: Issues Arising - this article briefly explores issues and challenges arising for countries reviewing their PRSPs, that include deepening govern

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