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How have the poor done? Mid-term review of India's ninth five-year plan
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2001Paper examines India's attempts at poverty reduction. It asserts that despite good performance on the growth front, progress in reducing poverty in the 1990s has left much to be desired. Concerted policy action is needed to lift the 350 million poor, who are increasingly concentrated in the poorer States, out of poverty.DocumentAccess to utilities by the poor: a global perspective
World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2001This paper presents a global perspective on infrastructure coverage and the poor.DocumentHIPC sovereign debt, debt relief and governance ratings
WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001This 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.DocumentDistributive impact of privitization and the regulation of utilities in Chile
World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2001This paper provides an idea of the effect of privatisation on efficiency and attempts to understand whether those who oppose further privatisation can justify their position on the grounds that privatisation negatively impacts on the poor.Conclusionsregulatory problems in Chile did not offset the gains achieved through cost reductions and efficiency.DocumentHIPC debt relief and policy reform incentives
WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001This paper discuss the incentives that the HIPC initiative could create in debtor countries in favour of economic adjustment and reform.The paper finds that:the HIPC initiative does not provide a pure debt relief, but also creates new public spending obligations, on poverty reduction programsnot all HIPCs can be considered as enjoying good economic governance, while the debt overhanDocumentCapitalization, regulation and the poor: access to basic services in Bolivia
World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2001This paper analyses the privatisation of utilities in Bolivia, detailing the particularities of the capitalisation mechanism which was used for this purpose.The analysis suggests that capitalisation and regulation, and the liberalisation of the utilities sector more generally, succeeded in attracting foreign investment, thus fulfilling one of the central goals of the reforms of this sector.DocumentTrust in Construction?: The Lesotho Highlands Water Project
Christian Aid, 1996Describes the visit by a group of NGOs to the largest construction project in Africa, the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), which will supply water to South Africa and hydro-electric power to Lesotho from the Lesotho Highlands.DocumentConcepts of sustainable agriculture and rural development: IISD bibliography
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1999DocumentWomen, environment and development: IISD bibliography
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1999