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  Aid dependence and governance

  Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 2000

  This study analyses the political economy of aid dependence. It argues that large amounts of aid, delivered to countries with weak institutions, create some of the institutional problems that lead to ineffective governance.
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  Aid and reform in Africa: lessons from ten case studies

  World Bank, 2001

  This article explores comparatively, the effect and effectiveness of aid in different African countries (10 case studies).More specifically the article investigates the following questions:are there common characteristics of successful and failed reformers that enable us to understand better the political economy of reform?do donors tailor their assistance to different types of coun
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  The Lesotho Highland Water Development Project: what went wrong? (or, rather: what went right? For whom?)

  International Rivers Network, 2000

  This article takes a critical look at the discussion regarding 19 corporate and individuals accused of bribing a top official in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project in order to gain project contracts.The aim of the article is to examine how the actions (and inactions) of the public institutions involved in this project may have aided and abetted bribe giving, regardless of whether or not any br
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  What good can debt relief and PRSP do?: the case of Zambia

  Bread for the World, 2001

  This web resource looks into the Zambia's position of debt and the influence PRSPs and associated debt relief is having on Zambia.
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  The rebirth, or second coming of adjustment lending

  Globalization Challenge Initiative, 2001

  The article discusses the renaming, repackaging and expanding of adjustment lending. The article emphasises that it is not only the volume of adjustment lending that is expanding but also the scope of lending.The article:explores the differences between the approaches of old style adjustment and new style adjustment (i.e.
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  Overstretched and underloved: World Bank faces strategy decisions

  Bretton Woods Project, 2001

  This paper follows in the wake of a World Bank ’s restructuring and strategic planning process, which became publicly visible when the press caught onto a leaked memo expressing Bank staff dissatisfaction.
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  Hirschmanian themes of social learning and change

  World Bank, 2001

  This article positions itself within the context of discussions (inspired by Albert Hirschman) about strategies of unbalanced growth in response to the postwar theories of the “big push,” development planning, and balanced growth.
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  Privatisation of electricity distribution: some economic, social and political perspectives

  Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2001

  This article discusses the increasing privatisation of electricity distribution. This paper reviews international progress in privatisation and considers some of the realities of such a policy.The article concludes that:privatisation is portrayed as means of improving efficiency and bringing in funds for investment.
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  Conflict dynamics in a three-level game: local, national, and international conflict in the horn of Africa

  Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, 1999

  This paper begins with an introduction of a synthesis and analysis of the complex patterns of international wars and internal conflicts in the Horn of Africa over the past four decades.
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  Sugar policy and reform

  World Bank, 2001

  This article discusses the issue of interventions into sugar markets.

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