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Economic Reforms And Health Conditions Of The Urban Poor In Tanzania
African Studies Quarterly, 1997This 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.DocumentSovereignty and Personal Rule in Zaire
African Studies Quarterly, 1997How did Mobutu weather for so long the collapse of not only Zaire's state institutions, but also his presidential network of strongmen and aspiring politicians that really ran Zaire before the 1990s? And after Laurent Kabila finally removed Mobutu from power in May, 1997, how has the nature of state collapse under Mobutu influenced Kabila's own construction of authority?DocumentThe Geographic Scope of EC Aid: One or Several Development Policies?
European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1997This paper describes the origins of the EC development cooperation and its general characteristics.DocumentTaming the tigers: the IMF and the Asian crisis
Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 1998Report 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.DocumentSwedish Development Cooperation with India - in a Poverty Reduction Perspective
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998The paper gives an overview of Sweden's 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.DocumentDanish Development Cooperation with India - in a Poverty Reduction Perspective
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998The 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.DocumentThe Aga Khan Rural Support Program: A Third Evaluation
Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank, 1995AKRSP, in its thirteenth year of operation, continues to be an effective instrument to improve community productivity and family welfare in Pakistan's Northern Areas and Chitral. Improvements have resulted from the program's interventions in productive investments, in production-support investments, such as access roads, in training, and in financial and technical services.DocumentCost Benefit Analysis of Private Sector Environmental Investments: A Case Study of the Kunda Cement Factory
International Finance Corporation, 1999Considers the case of a cement plant in Estonia and tries to answer the question: how do the (private) costs of curbing pollution compare to the (social) benefits to the population? While it is often easy to estimate costs, it is exceedingly difficult to capture the benefits, especially in developing and transition countries.DocumentLand, Forests and People in Finnish Aid in Zanzibar: Some Preliminary Observations
Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki, 1998Sets out to examine the question of aid provision. As part of a general study on Finnish aid, the main focus is on two projects in Zanzibar: Zanzibar Forestry Project (ZFP) and Zanzibar Integrated Lands and Environment Management (ZILEM) project. This study centres on initial research carried out in Dar es Salaam (documentary) and Unguja (documentary, observational and in-depth interviews).Pages
