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Promises to the Poor: the Record of European Development Agencies
Overseas Development Institute, 1998All the European development cooperation agencies subscribe to the international goal of reducing poverty by one half by 2015 but they have different strategies for achieving it.DocumentMainstreaming Public Participation in Economic Infrastructure Projects
Overseas Development Institute, 1998In the last ten years, participation has become central to the social development sectors of official development assistance – smallholder agriculture, community forestry, health care, education, urban sanitation, small-scale water supplies, etc.DocumentThe UK White Paper on International Development - and Beyond
Overseas Development Institute, 1998In November 1997, the British Government published its long-awaited White Paper on international development, the first comprehensive statement on British aid for 22 years. It has been widely welcomed as a significant shift in the orientation of British development policy and as a marker for other donors.DocumentGlobalization, Uneven Development and Poverty: Recent Trends and Policy Implications
Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP, 1998Paper outlines recent trends in economic growth, income distribution and poverty in the context of globalization.DocumentPopulation and environmental change: from linkages to policy issues
Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 1999Population dynamics, poverty and environmental change are linked in many ways and through multiple social and economic mechanisms, at various geographic levels. But not all those linkages have relevance for policy formulation in one of the three domains thus interconnected.DocumentHow Bad Governance Impedes Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh
OECD Development Centre, 1998In 1995/96, 47.5 per cent of the population of Bangladesh were still living below the poverty line. While this represents a decline compared to 62.6 per cent in 1983/84, the absolute number of poor people has in fact increased over the same period.DocumentMaking Negotiated Land Reform Work: Initial Experience from Brazil, Colombia, and South Africa
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999Can land reform have a lasting impact on poverty reduction?DocumentGrowth, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America: A Causal Analysis, 1970 - 94
1999Uses data for the 1970-94 period for 12 Latin American countries to analyze the role of aggregate income growth on changes in urban and rural poverty and inequality. Shows that income growth is only effective in reducing poverty and inequality if the initial levels of inequality and poverty are not too high and if educational levels are sufficiently high.DocumentEnvironment benefits from removing trade restrictions and distortions: background for WTO negotiations
Overseas Development Institute, 1999The interaction between environmental policies and trade policies emerged as an issue at the end of the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations in 1994.DocumentThe Poor and their Money: what have we learned?
Overseas Development Institute, 1999Money markets ought to allocate finance where it is most needed, and thus contribute to greater productivity, employment and the reduction of poverty. Yet in practice they have not performed this function at all well. Vast segments of the population are still unserved, inappropriate financial services are offered and inflexible contracts are extended.Pages